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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)