Genesis 13:6

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But the land could not support them while they stayed together, because their possessions were so great that they could not remain together.

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  • Gen 36:6-7 : 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all the possessions he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he moved to a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 Their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? 11 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • Luke 12:17-18 : 17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

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  • Gen 36:7
    86%

    7Their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

  • Gen 13:7-9
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    84%

    7There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also dwelling in the land at that time.

    8So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no conflict between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kin.

    9Is not the whole land before you? Please separate 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."

  • Gen 13:5
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    5Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

  • Gen 13:11-12
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    11So Lot chose for himself the entire plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus, they separated from each other.

    12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

  • Gen 12:5-6
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    5Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people they had gained in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

  • Gen 13:1-2
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    1Abram went up from Egypt, he, his wife, all that belonged to him, and Lot with him, toward the Negev.

    2Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

  • Gen 14:11-12
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    11Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went away.

    12They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, along with his possessions, since he lived in Sodom, and they departed.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Gen 26:13-14
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    13The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.

    14He had many flocks, herds, and servants, so the Philistines envied him.

  • Gen 13:14
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    14The LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look to the north, south, east, and west.

  • Gen 43:1
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    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Deut 2:9
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    9The LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land as a possession. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'

  • Gen 34:23
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    23Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us."

  • Josh 17:12
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    12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land.

  • Gen 37:4
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    4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

  • Gen 30:42
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    42But if the animals were weak, he would not place the branches there. So the weaker animals went to Laban, and the stronger ones to Jacob.

  • Gen 15:13
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    13The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."

  • Gen 11:31
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    31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

  • Num 13:19
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    19Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified?

  • Acts 7:6
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    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Ps 105:12
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    12When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.

  • Deut 1:12
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    12But how can I alone bear your troubles, your burdens, and your disputes?

  • Gen 11:2
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    2As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

  • Gen 14:24
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    24'I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.'

  • Gen 47:13
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    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

  • 1 Chr 4:40
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    40They found rich and good pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there were from the descendants of Ham.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 13:17
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    17Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

  • Acts 7:11
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    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.