Genesis 13:6
And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
But the land could not support them while they stayed together, because their possessions were so great that they could not remain together.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell tother: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell tother.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the land{H776} was not able to bear{H5375} them, that they might dwell{H3427} together:{H3162} for their substance{H7399} was great,{H7227} so that they could{H3201} not dwell{H3427} together.{H3162}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the land{H776} was not able to bear{H5375}{(H8804)} them, that they might dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} together{H3162}: for their substance{H7399} was great{H7227}, so that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} together{H3162}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell together for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together
Coverdale Bible (1535)
so yt the londe was not able to receaue them, that they might dwell together: for the substaunce of their riches was so greate, that they coude not dwell together.
Geneva Bible (1560)
So that the land coulde not beare them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the lande was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for theyr substaunce was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
American Standard Version (1901)
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.
World English Bible (2000)
The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 36:6-7 : 6 And Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the persons of his house, and his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had obtained in the land of Canaan; and he went into another land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
- Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?
- 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Luke 12:17-18 : 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.
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7 For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
- Gen 13:7-93 verses84%
7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
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11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
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5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.
6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
- Gen 13:1-22 verses71%
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- Gen 14:11-122 verses70%
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food supply, and went their way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's nephew, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to stay there; for the famine was severe in the land.
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13 And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possessors of flocks, and possessors of herds, and a great number of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
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1 And the famine was severe in the land.
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9 And the LORD said unto me, Do not distress the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.
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23 Will not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
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12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land.
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4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
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42 But when the cattle were feeble, he did not put them in. Thus, the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.
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13 And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and lived there.
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19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they dwell in, whether in tent camps or fortified cities;
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6 And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.
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12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
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12 How can I alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your complaints?
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2 And it happened, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and lived there.
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24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."
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13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
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40 And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those of Ham had dwelt there formerly.
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6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.
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4 They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
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17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.
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11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.