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, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made 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 herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

Genesis 13:6 in Other Translations

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;

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.