Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. 6 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. 7 So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 36:6-7
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Luke 12:17-18
so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'