Genesis 13:6

so much so that the available land couldn't support both of them—they had so much livestock they couldn't stay together anymore.

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In The 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.

In Context

5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had many flocks, herds, and tents,

7Abram's and Lot's herdsmen were arguing, and in addition the Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:7He did this because the land they were living in couldn't support both of them with all their livestock.

Luke 12:17After thinking things through, the man said to himself, ‘What shall I do? I've nowhere to store my crops.

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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