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


In Context

3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai:

4 In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.

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

7 Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.

8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

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 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;

The American 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.