Genesis 13:6

In 11 translations

BSB

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

KJV

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.

WEB

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

ASV

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.

LSV

and the land has not permitted them to dwell together, for their substance has been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

YLT

and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

DBY

And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

DRC

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

GNV

So that the land coulde not beare them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.

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WLC

וְלֹא־נָשָׂ֥א אֹתָ֛ם הָאָ֖רֶץ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו כִּֽי־הָיָ֤ה רְכוּשָׁם֙ רָ֔ב וְלֹ֥א יָֽכְל֖וּ לָשֶׁ֥בֶת יַחְדָּֽו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα, ὅτι ἦν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν πολλά· καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺδ ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα.

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• Genesis 36:6–7Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away…
• Ecclesiastes 5:10–11He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner,…
• Luke 12:17–18So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain…
• 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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