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The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram&#8217s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot&#8217s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And there was strife <i>and</i> quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that same time [making grazing of the livestock difficult].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram&#8217s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot&#8217s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Quarrels broke out between Abram's herders and Lot's herders. (Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in that area.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There was strife between the herdsmen in charge of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen in charge of Lot's livestock. Also, at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 dwelt then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and there is a strife between those feeding Abram’s livestock and those feeding Lot’s livestock; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And there shall be a strife between the shepherds of Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There were quarrels between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and there was strife between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there was strife among the herdsmen of the cattle of Abram between the herdsmen of the cattle of Lot, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still dwelling in the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 dwelt then in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/13-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=2774" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/13.htm">Abram and Lot Part Ways</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And there was</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: rîḇ (N-ms) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">discord</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">the herdsmen</a> <a href="/hebrew/87.htm" title="87: ’aḇ·rām (N-proper-ms) -- Exalted father, the original name of Abraham. Contracted from 'Abiyram; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham.">of Abram</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4735.htm" title="4735: miq·nêh- (N-msc) -- Cattle. From qanah; something bought, i.e. Property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">and the herdsmen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3876.htm" title="3876: lō·wṭ (N-proper-ms) -- Abraham's nephew. The same as lowt; Lot, Abraham's nephew.">of Lot.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4735.htm" title="4735: miq·nêh- (N-msc) -- Cattle. From qanah; something bought, i.e. Property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: ’āz (Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">At that time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">the Canaanites</a> <a href="/hebrew/6522.htm" title="6522: wə·hap·pə·riz·zî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A people in the land of Canaan. For praziy; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes.">and the Perizzites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">were also living</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a></span><br />Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-20.htm">Genesis 26:20</a></span><br />But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Genesis 21:25</a></span><br />But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Genesis 34:30</a></span><br />Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-7.htm">Genesis 36:7</a></span><br />For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Genesis 26:14</a></span><br />He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Genesis 31:36</a></span><br />Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-24.htm">Genesis 45:24</a></span><br />Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-13.htm">Exodus 2:13</a></span><br />The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-3.htm">Numbers 16:3</a></span><br />They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm">Numbers 20:3</a></span><br />The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/27-14.htm">Numbers 27:14</a></span><br />for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">1 Samuel 2:13-14</a></span><br />or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-7.htm">1 Samuel 25:7</a></span><br />Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-18.htm">Proverbs 15:18</a></span><br />A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.</p><p class="hdg">a strife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Genesis 21:25</a></b></br> And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-20.htm">Genesis 26:20</a></b></br> And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water <i>is</i> ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-17.htm">Exodus 2:17</a></b></br> And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.</p><p class="hdg">Canaanite.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a></b></br> And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a></b></br> And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite <i>was</i> then in the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a></b></br> In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: … </p><p class="hdg">dwelled.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/12-17.htm">Abram's</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/genesis/13-2.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-11.htm">Dwelled</a> <a href="/genesis/13-6.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/amos/1-1.htm">Herdmen</a> <a href="/luke/8-34.htm">Herdsmen</a> <a href="/genesis/13-2.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-7.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/titus/3-2.htm">Quarreling</a> <a href="/james/3-16.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/14-12.htm">Abram's</a> <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/genesis/20-14.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Dwelled</a> <a href="/genesis/14-12.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/30-36.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Herdmen</a> <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Herdsmen</a> <a href="/genesis/29-7.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Quarreling</a> <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/genesis/14-1.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-6.htm">Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Abram allows Lot to choose his part of the country,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">and Lot goes toward Sodom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">God renews his promise to Abram.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/13-18.htm">He moves to Hebron, and there builds an altar.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot.</b><br>This phrase highlights the growing tension between Abram and Lot's households due to their increasing wealth and livestock. The discord signifies the challenges of cohabitation when resources become limited. This situation foreshadows future separations and conflicts within families in the biblical narrative. The herdsmen's quarrel reflects the broader theme of human conflict over resources, a recurring issue throughout history. This discord also sets the stage for Abram's later demonstration of faith and generosity when he allows Lot to choose his land first, showcasing a model of conflict resolution.<p><b>At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.</b><br>The mention of the Canaanites and Perizzites provides historical and cultural context, indicating that Abram and Lot were not the only inhabitants of the land. The Canaanites were a significant group in the region, known for their advanced cities and culture, while the Perizzites were likely a smaller, rural group. Their presence underscores the challenges Abram and Lot faced in finding suitable land for their flocks amidst established populations. This detail also foreshadows the future interactions and conflicts between the descendants of Abram and the Canaanite peoples, as seen in later biblical narratives. The presence of these groups highlights the theme of God's promise to Abram regarding the land, which would eventually be fulfilled through his descendants.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abram.htm">Abram (Abraham)</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Hebrew people, chosen by God to be the father of many nations. At this point in Genesis, he is traveling with his family and possessions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a></b><br>Abram's nephew, who traveled with him from Haran. Lot's herdsmen were involved in the strife with Abram's herdsmen.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/herdsmen.htm">Herdsmen</a></b><br>The servants or workers responsible for managing the livestock of both Abram and Lot. Their conflict over resources is central to this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a></b><br>The inhabitants of the land of Canaan, where Abram and Lot were dwelling. They were descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/perizzites.htm">Perizzites</a></b><br>Another group of people living in the land of Canaan. They are often mentioned alongside the Canaanites in the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/conflict_resolution.htm">Conflict Resolution</a></b><br>The strife between Abram's and Lot's herdsmen highlights the importance of addressing conflicts directly and peacefully. Abram's later actions in offering Lot the choice of land demonstrate a godly approach to resolving disputes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a></b><br>The conflict arose from limited resources, teaching us the importance of wise stewardship and the potential for conflict when resources are not managed well.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_among_others.htm">Living Among Others</a></b><br>The presence of the Canaanites and Perizzites reminds us that as believers, we often live among those who do not share our faith. Our actions and resolutions should reflect God's character to those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics.htm">Family Dynamics</a></b><br>The relationship between Abram and Lot shows the complexities of family dynamics, especially when resources and wealth are involved. Maintaining peace and unity within families is crucial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>Despite the strife, Abram trusted in God's promise and provision, choosing to let Lot take the first choice of land. This teaches us to rely on God's faithfulness rather than our own understanding.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_perizzites'_history.htm">What is the historical background of the Perizzites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_attain_eternal_life_in_christianity.htm">What is the historical background of the Perizzites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_abraham's_life.htm">What are the key events in Abraham's life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_canaan's_land_enough_for_abram_and_lot.htm">According to Genesis 13:5–6, was there really enough pastureland in Canaan to support both Abram and Lot’s immense flocks, considering the region’s known agricultural limits? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">The Perizzite.</span>--We find mention in the Bible both of Perazites, translated <span class= "ital">villages, </span>in <a href="/1_samuel/6-18.htm" title="And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even to the great stone of Abel, where on they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.">1Samuel 6:18</a>, <a href="/esther/9-19.htm" title="Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.">Esther 9:19</a>; and of Perizzites, who are sometimes opposed to the Canaanites, as here and in <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm" title="And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.">Genesis 34:30</a>, and sometimes described as one of the tribes settled in Palestine (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm" title="And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.">Exodus 3:8</a>; <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm" title="And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.">Exodus 3:17</a>; <a href="/joshua/17-15.htm" title="And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get you up to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you.">Joshua 17:15</a>; <a href="/judges/3-5.htm" title="And the children of Israel dwelled among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:">Judges 3:5</a>). They are not mentioned among the races descended from Canaan, and probably were the earlier inhabitants of the country, who, being a pastoral people, possessed of no towns, were not able to make head against the Hamite settlers, but maintained themselves in the open country. Perazite and Perizzite are probably the same word, and both signify <span class= "ital">lowlander, </span>though finally they were driven to the mountains (<a href="/joshua/11-3.htm" title="And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.">Joshua 11:3</a>). As the Canaanites devoted their main strength to a maritime life and trade, they would not attempt to extirpate these natives, but would be content with driving them into the interior. As thus some districts would be occupied by the dominant Canaanites, and others by these aborigines, two such large clans as those of Abram and Lot would find it difficult to discover unoccupied land enough to provide pasture for their cattle. The land must have been very thinly peopled for it to have been possible for them to do this, even when they had arranged to dwell apart. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And there was a strife</span> (originating doubtless in the scarcity of pasture, and having for its object the possession of the best wells and most fertile grounds) <span class="cmt_word">between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite</span> - the lowlander (<span class="accented">vide Genesis</span> 9:22; 12:6) - <span class="cmt_word">and the Perizzite</span> - the highlander, or dweller in the hills and woods of Palestine (Josephus, Bochart); in the open country and in villages, as opposed to the Canaanites, who occupied walled towns (Kalisch, Wordsworth; a tribe of wandering nomads (Murphy), the origin of whose name is lost in obscurity (Keil), who, though not mentioned in <a href="/genesis/10.htm">Genesis 10</a>, are commonly introduced with the Canaanites (<a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Genesis 15:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Genesis 34:30</a>; <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8, 17</a>), as dividing the land between them, and are probably to be regarded as the remnant of an early Shemite race displaced by the Hamite invaders of Palestine. Their introduction here is neither a sign of post-Mosaic authorship nor an interpolation, but an explanation of the difficulty of finding pasture - the land was occupied (vide <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">dwelt then in the land.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/13-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And there was</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְהִי־</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">discord</span><br /><span class="heb">רִ֗יב</span> <span class="translit">(rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, dispute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֚ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the herdsmen</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7473.htm">Strong's 7473: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pastoral, a shepherd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Abram</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_87.htm">Strong's 87: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the herdsmen</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7473.htm">Strong's 7473: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pastoral, a shepherd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Lot.</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֑וֹט</span> <span class="translit">(lō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3876.htm">Strong's 3876: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- Abraham's nephew</span><br /><br /><span class="word">At that time</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֖ז</span> <span class="translit">(’āz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> </span><span class="str2">At that time, place, therefore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Canaanites</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the Perizzites</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hap·pə·riz·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were also living</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשֵׁ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/13-7.htm">OT Law: Genesis 13:7 There was a strife between the herdsmen (Gen. 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