⁸ Hence A′bram said to Lot:+ “Please, do not let any quarreling continue between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we men are brothers.+

²⁴ She then fell at his feet+ and said: “Upon me myself, O my lord, be the error;+ and, please, let your slave girl speak in your ears,+ and listen to the words of your slave girl.

¹⁵ By patience* a commander is induced, and a mild tongue itself can break a bone.+

⁸ But now really put them all away from YOU,+ wrath, anger, badness, abusive speech,*+ and obscene+ talk out of YOUR mouth.

¹⁹ Know this, my beloved brothers. Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking,+ slow about wrath;+