Genesis 13:6

So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

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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.

In Context

5And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

7And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

Luke 12:17And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:6-10

Lot's Separation from Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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