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Berean Standard Bible

“After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,”

Genesis 13:14

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Abram and his nephew Lot have separated because their herds have grown too large to share the same land. Lot has chosen the well-watered Jordan plain, leaving Abram with the hill country.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

World English Bible (WEB)

Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

King James Version (KJV)

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y Jehová dijo á Abram, después que Lot se apartó de él: Alza ahora tus ojos, y mira desde el lugar donde estás hacia el Aquilón, y al Mediodía, y al Oriente y al Occidente;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Después de que Lot se fue, el Señor le dijo a Abram: «Mira toda la tierra que tienes a tu alrededor por el norte, el sur, el oriente y el occidente. Toda esa tierra será para ti y para todos tus descendientes.

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