Genesis 13:6 - Revised Standard Version

⁶ so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁶ They had so many possessions between them that the land couldn’t support both of them. They could no longer live together.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.

Genesis 13:6 Cross References

Genesis 12:16

And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions which they had gathered, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 13:2

Now Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.