Genesis 13:9 meaning and explanation

Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Genesis 13:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Abram speaks these words to his nephew Lot near Bethel, where their combined flocks and herds have grown too large for the land to support and their herdsmen have begun to quarrel. Though Abram is the elder and the one to whom God made promises, he gives Lot the first choice of territory, generously yielding his own advantage to keep peace within the family.

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