And the land was not able to bear them, that they
might
dwell together
That part of the country where Abram and Lot were could not
afford them room enough for their several tents; or however could
not furnish them with sufficient pasturage for their flocks and
herds, they were so numerous; at least could not do it so as to
be contiguous to each other, that there was a necessity of one of
them going further off: for their substance was great, so
that they could not dwell
together;
we have before an account of the substance of each of them, how
great it was; and here now is noted an inconvenience which arises
from a large increase of riches, that relations and friends are
obliged to part, and cannot dwell together; what one would think
would make them more comfortable together, is the cause and
occasion of their separation.
Genesis 13:6
