Genesis 13:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

A strife

Canaanite

General references

Mark 3:25

John 13:35

Bible References

A strife

But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized.

But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.

Some shepherds came to drive them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their sheep.

That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you?

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

Canaanite

Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Abram traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

That very day the LORD made this covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River

Then Jacob told Simeon and Levi, "You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You've made me despised by the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they're going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!"

So I said, "What you're doing isn't right! Shouldn't you live in the fear of our God to avoid shame from our foreign enemies?

Do everything without complaining or arguing

Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of your time.

so that you may win the respect of outsiders, and have need of nothing.

Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.

General references

And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."