New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 13:7-8

7And there was strifeרִ֗יבRivH7379betweenH996the herdsmenרֹעֵ֣יro.'EiH7462of Abram’sאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87livestockמִקְנֵֽה־mik.neh-H4735and the herdsmenרֹעֵ֣יro.'EiH7462of Lot’sל֑וֹטLotH3876livestockמִקְנֵה־mik.neh-H4735. Nowthe Canaaniteוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ve.ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669and the Perizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522were dwellingיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427thenאָ֖ז'azH227in the landבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

8So Abramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Lotל֗וֹטLotH3876, “Pleaseנָ֨אna'H4994let there be noאַל־'al-H408strifeמְרִיבָה֙me.ri.VahH4808betweenH996you and me, nor betweenH996my herdsmenרֹעַ֖יro.'AiH7462and your herdsmenרֹעֶ֑יךָro.'Ei.khaH7462,for we are brothersאַחִ֖ים'a.ChimH251.

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