Genesis 36:7
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For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
In other translations
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588הָיָהhayahit wasH1961רְכוּשָׁםrekhushampossession[s] theirH7399רָבrav[too] muchH7227מִשֶּׁבֶתmishevetfor dwellingH3427יַחְדָּוyachdavtogetherH3162וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָכְלָהyakhelahit was ableH3201אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776מְגוּרֵיהֶםmegureihemsojournings theirH4033לָשֵׂאתlasetto supportH5375אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853מִפְּנֵיmipenei<from> because ofH6440מִקְנֵיהֶם׃mikneihemlivestock theirH4735
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Related verses
- Genesis 13:6And 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.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.
- Genesis 17:8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 28:4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
- Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
- Genesis 13:11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
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