Genesis 13:6

But the land could ¹  not support them while they were living side by side. ²  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live ³  alongside one another.

But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. There were too many animals for the available pastureland.

But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there--

So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

so that the land could not support both of them living together; for their possessions were so great that they could not live together,

Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

But the land could ¹  not support them while they were living side by side. ²  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live ³  alongside one another.

¹ tn The potential nuance for the perfect tense is necessary here, and supported by the parallel clause that actually uses “to be able.”

² tn The infinitive construct לָשֶׁבֶת (lashevet, from יָשַׁב, yashav) explains what it was that the land could not support: “the land could not support them to live side by side.” See further J. C. de Moor, “Lexical Remarks Concerning Yahad and Yahdaw,” VT 7 (1957): 350-55.

³ tn The same infinitive occurs here, serving as the object of the verb.