פָּרַד

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

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,

…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.