Genesis 13:7

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There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Abram and Lot had returned from Egypt through the Negeb to the area between Bethel and Ai in Canaan, where their growing herds strained available pasture and led to conflict. Lot would choose the fertile Jordan Valley

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Genesis 13:7 mentions Ai, Bethel, Canaan, Egypt, Hebron, Jordan Valley and Negeb.

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