and the land could not support them living together, for their possessions were so great that they could not stay together.
In context
4to the site of the altar he had built there before. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh. 5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents, 6and the land could not support them living together, for their possessions were so great that they could not stay together. 7Quarreling broke out between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land at that time. 8So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are relatives.
