The Parting Off Friends
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.


I. The SADNESS Of this parting. It was a parting -

1. Of kinsmen (men, brethren).

2. Of kinsmen in a foreign land.

3. Of kinsmen by their own hand.

II. The CAUSE of this parting.

1. The difficulty of finding sustenance together.

2. The danger of collision if they kept together.

III. The MANNER of this parting.

1. After prayer.

2. In peace.

3. With magnanimity on the part of Abram.

4. With meanness on that of Lot.

Lessons: -

1. It is sad when brethren cannot dwell together in unity.

2. It is better that brethren should separate than quarrel. - W.



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

WEB: So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.




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