Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 13:9

9. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thy self, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right: or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

(i. e.) Open to thy view, and free to chuse which part thou pleasest, as thou canst agree with the owners. I give thee full power to chuse before me. See a like phrase, Gen. 20. 15. and 34. 10, 21. and 47. 6.

This and the following supplement are easily gathered both from the words of this and the 11 verse, and from the nature of the thing. And, the Hebrew Language being a concise or short language, such supplements are frequently necessary and very usual, Compare 2 Chron. 10. 12. with 1 King. 12. 11. and 2 Sam. 23. 8. with 1 Chron. 11. 11.