6And 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.


In Context

3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 To the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 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.

7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we be brothers.

Genesis 13:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:6But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:6And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:6And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6The 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;