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Genesis 13:6

Money and wealth

4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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.

7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.
BLB
And the land was not able to support them to dwell together, for their possessions were great, and they were not able to dwell together.
ÅB
Og landet kunne ikke romme dem, så de kunne bo sammen; for deres eiendom var for stor til at de kunne bo sammen.
OTB
Men landet kunne ikke bære dem mens de bodde sammen, for deres eiendeler var så mange at de ikke kunne bo sammen.
B1930
Og landet kunde ikke rumme dem, så de kunde bo sammen; for deres eiendom var for stor til at de kunde bo sammen.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 36:6–7

    Later, 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 from his brother Jacob.

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  • Luke 12:17–18

    So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:10–11

    He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    Those 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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