Genesis 13:6 - Revised Version 1885

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

Genesis 13:6 Cross References

Genesis 12:16

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 13:2

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

1 Timothy 6:9

But they that desire to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.