Chuàngshìjì 13:6

6 Nà dì róng bú xià tāmen , yīnwei tāmende cáiwù shén duō , shǐ tāmen bùnéng tóngjū .

Chuàngshìjì 13:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 13:6

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.

Chuàngshìjì 13:6 In-Context

4 Yĕ shì tā qǐxiān zhú tán de dìfang , tā yòu zaì nàli qiúgào Yēhéhuá de míng .

5 Yǔ Yàbólán tóngxíng de Luódé yĕ yǒu niú qún , yáng qún , zhàngpéng .

6 Nà dì róng bú xià tāmen , yīnwei tāmende cáiwù shén duō , shǐ tāmen bùnéng tóngjū .

7 Dāngshí , Jiānán rén yù Bǐlìxǐrén zaì nà dì jūzhù . Yàbólán de mùrén hé Luódé de mùrén xiàng zhēng .

8 Yàbólán jiù duì Luódé shuō , nǐ wǒ bùkĕ xiàng zhēng , nǐde mùrén hé wǒde mùrén yĕ bùkĕ xiàng zhēng , yīnwei wǒmen shì gǔròu ( yuánwén zuò dìxiōng ) .