 Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;...  Selections from the Old Testament - Page 5edited by - 1911 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Paley - 1788 - 584 pages
...between * Gen. xxi. 25. xxvi. 18. between Abram and Lot ; and was one of the fimpleft imaginable : " If thou wilt take the left hand, " then I will go...or if thou depart to " the right hand, then I will go to the left.*' There are no traces of property in land in Ceefar's account of Britain ; little of... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 566 pages
...ftrife, I pray " thee, between thee and me. Is not the whole land before «' thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt " take the left...or if thou « depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1792 - 476 pages
...herdmen and '' thy herdmen ; for we are brethren. Is NOT "THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE? Se" parate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me : if thou. " wilt take the left...or if thou depart to the right hand, " then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up " his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, " that it was well... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 700 pages
...ftrife, I pray " thee, between thee and me. Is not the whole land before " thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt " take the left...if thou. «' depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he... | |
 | John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pages
...proposal which Abraham made to his nephew Lot, on the dispute which arose between their servants : " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 pages
...praf " thee, between thee and me. I* " not the whole land before thee.' '' Separate thyfelf, I ; ray thee, " from me. IF thou wilt take " the left hand,...or if thou depart to " the right hand, then I will go " to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in ei. ther, to occupy whatever ground... | |
 | 1800 - 594 pages
...ftrife, I pray " thee, between thee and me. Ii " not the whole land before thee ? " Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, " from me. If thou wilt take " the left...hand, then I will go to "the right; or if thou depart ю " the right hand, then I will go " to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 680 pages
...me. Is not the whole land before " thee? Sep irate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt « c take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou " depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land1. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee,...: or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered... | |
 | Giuseppe Acerbi - 1802 - 412 pages
...fame fpot, there is land enough for the one to accoft the other in the words of Abraham to Lot : — " If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to...; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to " the left." It was not without extreme difficulty that we were able to perfuade our Laplanders... | |
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