Genesis 13:11

13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled ¹  toward the east.

So the relatives separated from each other. ² 

Genesis 31:5

31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, ³  but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 33:3

33:3 But Jacob ⁴  himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached ⁵  his brother.

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¹ tn Heb “Lot traveled.” The proper name has not been repeated in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “a man from upon his brother.”

sn Separated from each other. For a discussion of the significance of this event, see L. R. Helyer, “The Separation of Abram and Lot: Its Significance in the Patriarchal Narratives,” JSOT 26 (1983): 77-88.

³ tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.