# Let there be no strife between you and me

"Let's not quarrel"

# strife

"hostility" or "fighting" or "quarreling"

# between your herdsmen and my herdsmen

"let's stop the men who take care of our animals from quarreling"

# after all, we are family

"because we are family"

# family

"kinsmen" or "relatives." Lot was Abraham's nephew.

# Is not the whole land before you?

This rhetorical question can be translated as a positive statement. AT: "The whole land is available for you to use." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Go ahead and separate yourself from me

Abraham was speaking kindly to Lot and encouraging him to do something that would help them both. "Let's separate."

# If you go to the left, then I will go to the right

Possible meanings are 1) "If you go one way, then I will go the other" or 2) "If you go to the north, I will go to the south." Abram let Lot choose the part of the land he wanted, and Abram would take what remained.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lot]]