^13:5Now Lot, who was traveling¹¹ with Abram, also had¹² flocks, herds, and tents. ^13:6But the land could¹³ not support them while they were living side by side.¹⁴ Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live¹⁵ alongside one another.

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Footnotes

9 Heb “to the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning” (cf. Gen 12:7–8).
10 Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 12:8; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (), 1:, .
11 Heb “was going.”
12 The Hebrew idiom is “to Lot … there was,” the preposition here expressing possession.
13 The potential nuance for the perfect tense is necessary here, and supported by the parallel clause that actually uses “to be able.”
14 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,” 7 (1957): 350–55.
15 The same infinitive occurs here, serving as the object of the verb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of the Lord there.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

NLTNew Living Translation

This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.

Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to the place where he had made an altar at the beginning. And Abram called on the name of Yahweh there. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. And the land could not support them so as to live together, because their possessions were so many that they were not able to live together.

KJV 1900King James Version

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 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.

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