Genesis 13:6

NETBible

But the land could 1  not support them while they were living side by side. 2  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live 3  alongside one another.

NIV ©

But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

NASB ©

And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

NLT ©

But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. There were too many animals for the available pastureland.

MSG ©

But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there--

BBE ©

So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

NRSV ©

so that the land could not support both of them living together; for their possessions were so great that they could not live together,

NKJV ©

Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

KJV
And the land
<0776>
was not able to bear
<05375> (8804)
them, that they might dwell
<03427> (8800)
together
<03162>_:
for their substance
<07399>
was great
<07227>_,
so that they could
<03201> (8804)
not dwell
<03427> (8800)
together
<03162>_.
NASB ©
And the land
<776>
could not sustain
<5375>
them while dwelling
<3427>
together
<3164>
, for their possessions
<7399>
were so great
<7227>
that they were not able
<3201>
to remain
<3427>
together
<3164>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
ecwrei
<5562> 
V-IAI-3S
autouv
<846> 
D-APM
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
gh
<1065> 
N-NSF
katoikein {V-PAN} ama
<260> 
ADV
oti
<3754> 
CONJ
hn
<1510> 
V-IAI-3S
ta
<3588> 
T-NPN
uparconta
<5225> 
V-PAPNP
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
polla
<4183> 
A-NPN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
edunanto
<1410> 
V-IMI-3P
katoikein {V-PAN} ama
<260> 
ADV
NET [draft] ITL
But the land
<0776>
could not
<03808>
support
<05375>
them while they were living
<03427>
side by side
<03162>
. Because
<03588>
their possessions
<07399>
were
<01961>
so great
<07227>
, they were not
<03808>
able
<03201>
to live
<03427>
alongside
<03162>
one another.
HEBREW
wdxy
<03162>
tbsl
<03427>
wlky
<03201>
alw
<03808>
br
<07227>
Mswkr
<07399>
hyh
<01961>
yk
<03588>
wdxy
<03162>
tbsl
<03427>
Urah
<0776>
Mta
<0853>
avn
<05375>
alw (13:6)
<03808>
NETBible

But the land could 1  not support them while they were living side by side. 2  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live 3  alongside one another.

NET Notes

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.