Genesis 13:8

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Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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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 had returned from Egypt through the Negeb to the hill country between Bethel and Ai in Canaan, where he and Lot faced conflict over grazing land. Lot would choose the well

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Genesis 13:8 mentions Ai, Bethel, Canaan, Egypt, Hebron, Jordan Valley and Negeb.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato