Genesis 13:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ so that the land could not support them living together, because their possessions were many, and they were not able to stay 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

But Abram was treated well for her sake, and he got sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys and camels.

Genesis 12:5

Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people that they acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan, and they entered the land of Canaan.

Genesis 13:2

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

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.