Genesis 13:6
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 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.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 13:6 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.