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Genesis 13:6

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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.

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Genesis 13:6 in other translations

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.

Genesis 13:6 · American Standard Version

Genesis 13:6 in context

  1. 4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
  2. 5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
  3. 6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.
  4. 7There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
  5. 8Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.