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1.1 KiB
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31 lines
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## strife ##
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"hostility" or "fighting" or "quarreling"
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## Let there be no strife between you and me ##
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This can be translated as "Let's not quarrel."
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## and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen ##
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This can be translated as "and let's stop the men who take care of our animals from quarreling."
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## after all, we are family ##
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"because we are family"
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## family ##
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"kinsmen" or "relatives." Lot was Abraham's nephew.
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## Is not the whole land before you? ##
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Abraham used this rhetorical question to remind Lot about something he would have already known. It can also be translated: "The whole land is available for you to use" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]).
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## Go ahead and separate yourself ##
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Abraham was speaking kindly to Lot and encouraging him to do something that would help them both. It can also be translated as "Let's separate."
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## If you go to the left, then I will go to the right ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "If you go one way, then I will go the other" or 2) "If you go to the north, I will go to the south." Abraham let Lot choose the part of the land he wanted, and Abraham would take what was left. |