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Genesis 13:6

WEB

6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

KJV

6And 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.

BSB

6But 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.

FBV

6so much so that the available land couldn't support both of themthey had so much livestock they couldn't stay together anymore.

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Extra References

Genesis 36:6-7

6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.


Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. 11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?


Luke 12:17-18

17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’ 18He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.


1 Timothy 6:9

9But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.