Genesis 13:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 13:6

4 to the ^aplace of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram ^bcalled on the name of the Lord.

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

6 Now ^athe land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was ^astrife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. ^bThe Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, ^a“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.

9 ^aIs not the whole land before you? Please ^bseparate from me. ^cIf you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all ^athe plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord ^bdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) ^clike the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward ^dZoar.

11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.

12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot ^adwelt in the cities of the plain and ^bpitched his tent even as far as Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom ^awere exceedingly wicked and ^bsinful against the Lord.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot ^ahad separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—^bnorthward, southward, eastward, and westward;

15 for all the land which you see ^aI give to you and ^byour descendants forever.

16 And ^aI will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

18 ^aThen Abram moved his tent, and went and ^bdwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, ^cwhich are in Hebron, and built an ^daltar there to the Lord.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 13:6

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Now the land was not able to nourish {and} support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together.

Contemporary English Version
At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the same area, and so there wasn't enough pastureland left for Abram and Lot with all of their animals. Besides this, the men who took care of Abram's animals and the ones who took care of Lot's animals started quarreling.

Darby English Version
And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

Good News Bible
And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions had become so great that they could not remain together.

Revised Standard Version
so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

Young's Literal Translation
and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

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