Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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;
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 13:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parting Of Abram And Lot
5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents; 6 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. 7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 36:6-7
Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
Luke 12:17-18
And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.