Genesis 13:6

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

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

7There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.

Luke 12:17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room 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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