Parallel Verses
Amplified
Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together.
New American Standard Bible
And
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.
Holman Bible
But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,
International Standard Version
But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together.
A Conservative 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.
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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the land supported them not to dwell together, for their acquisition was a multitude, and they were not able to dwell together.
King James 2000
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the land could not {support them} [so as] to live together, because their possessions were [so] many that they were not able to live together.
Modern King James verseion
And 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that the land was not able to receive them that they might dwell together. For the substance of their riches was so great, that they could not dwell together.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And the land suffered them not to dwell together, - because their substance had become, great, so that they could not dwell together.
Webster
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 substance was great, so that they could not live together.
Youngs 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;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 13:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parting Of Abram And Lot
5 But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together. 7 And there was strife and quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that same time [making grazing of the livestock difficult].
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 36:6-7
Now Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the members of his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its gain. This too is vanity (emptiness).
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
Luke 12:17-18