Genesis 13:6 “But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed toge…”

Genesis 13:6

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“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.”

1 Timothy 6:9 Genesis 36:6 Genesis 36:7 Ecclesiastes 5:10 Ecclesiastes 5:11 Luke 12:17

1 Timothy 6:9 · BSB

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Genesis 36:6 · BSB

Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from…

Genesis 36:7 · BSB

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

Ecclesiastes 5:10 · BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 · BSB

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Luke 12:17 · BSB

So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

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