And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
Genesis 36:7 - Catholic Public Domain Version For they were very wealthy and were not able to live together. Neither was the land of their sojourn able to sustain them, because of the multitude of their flocks. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For their great flocks and herds and possessions [which they had collected] made it impossible for them to dwell together; the land in which they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. American Standard Version (1901) For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle. Common English Bible They had so many possessions that they couldn’t live together. The land where they lived as immigrants couldn’t support all of their livestock. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks. English Standard Version 2016 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. |
And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
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.
And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God."
And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather."
For we are sojourners and new arrivals before you, as all our fathers were. Our days upon the earth are like a shadow, and there is no delay.
O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.
And you shall not build houses, and you shall not sow any seeds, and you shall not plant or have vineyards. Instead, you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are sojourners.'
By faith, he stayed in the Land of the Promise as if in a foreign land, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise.