Genesis 13:6
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
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.
7 And 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.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Genesis 13:6 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV 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.
- WEB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.