Parallel Verses
NET Bible
because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Holman Bible
For their possessions were too many for them to live together,
International Standard Version
because their holdings were too vast to allow them to stay together, since the land where they had settled was not able to support all of their livestock.
A Conservative Version
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their sojourning could not bear them because of their cattle.
American Standard Version
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
Amplified
For their [great flocks and herds and] possessions made it impossible for them to live together [in the same region]; the land in which they lived temporarily could not support them because of their livestock.
Bible in Basic English
For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.
Darby Translation
For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.
Julia Smith Translation
For their possessions were much above dwelling together; and the land of their sojournings will not be able to bear them from the face of their possessions.
King James 2000
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land in which they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For their possessions were {too many to live together}, so that the land of their sojourning was not able to support them on account of their livestock.
Modern King James verseion
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together. And the land of their travels could not bear them because of their cattle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For their riches was so much that they could not dwell together; and that the land wherein they were strangers could not receive them, because of their cattle.
New Heart English Bible
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.
The Emphasized Bible
For their substance had become too great for them to dwell together, - neither could the land of their sojournings sustain them, because of their herds,
Webster
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain them, because of their cattle.
World English Bible
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.
Youngs Literal Translation
for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 36:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Descendants Of Esau
6 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 7 because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 13:6
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.
Genesis 17:8
I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."
Genesis 28:4
May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident."
Genesis 13:11
Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.