Genesis 13:9 (WEB)
Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Let Lot, whose name means ‘one who turns aside’ choose the plain and let him follow the left and easy branch of the famous letter of Pythagoras.” — editor's note: Gen. xiii. 5–11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Separate thyself from me: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will go to the right; or if thou wilt go to the right hand, I will go to the left.”” — editor's note: Gen. xiii. 8, 9.
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Cross-references · 3
Genesis 13:9 and Psalm 43:4 share the same wording (12 words).
Genesis 13:9 and Song of Songs 4:6 share the same wording (10 words).
Genesis 13:9 and Ezekiel 21:16 share the same wording (16 words).