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.


In Context

3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier

4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord .

5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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

7 And quarreling arose between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are 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 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.