Genesis 13:6

so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell together for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes:

7And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell. Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:7for their ryches was so moch that they coude not dwell together and that the land where in they were straungers coude not receaue the: because of their catell.

Luke 12:17and he thought in himsilfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes?

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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