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36 lines
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# Let there be no strife between you and me
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"Let's not quarrel"
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# strife
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"hostility" or "fighting" or "quarreling"
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# between your herdsmen and my herdsmen
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"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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This rhetorical question can be translated as a positive statement. AT: "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 from me
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Abraham was speaking kindly to Lot and encouraging him to do something that would help them both. "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." Abram let Lot choose the part of the land he wanted, and Abram would take what remained.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lot]] |