Genesis 13:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were 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 treated Aḇram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 12:5

And Aḇram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the beings whom they had acquired in Ḥaran, and they set out for the land of Kena‛an. And they came to the land of Kena‛an.

Genesis 13:2

And Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.