Text -- Genesis 13:6 (NET)

13:6 But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 13:6

¹ tn The potential nuance for the perfect tense is necessary here, and supported by the parallel clause that actually uses “to be able.”

² tn The infinitive construct לָשֶׁבֶת (lashevet, from יָשַׁב, yashav) explains what it was that the land could not support: “the land could not support them to live side by side.” See further J. C. de Moor, “Lexical Remarks Concerning Yahad and Yahdaw,” VT 7 (1957): 350-55.

³ tn The same infinitive occurs here, serving as the object of the verb.