Genesis 36:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.”
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“For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 36:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:6But 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.
- Genesis 13:11So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
- Genesis 17:8And 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 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 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.
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