Genesis 13:6

The land was not able to support them both living close together, because their possessions were very many, so that they could not stay 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

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

7Also, there was a dispute between the herdsmen of Abram's animals and the herdsmen of Lot's animals. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:7He did this because their possessions were too many for them to stay together. The land where they had settled could not support them because of their livestock.

Luke 12:17and he reasoned with himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have a place 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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