Genesis 36:7
“For their riches were more then that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers, could not beare them, because of their cattell.”
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Genesis 36:7 Context
5And Aholibamah bare Ieush, and Iaalam, and Korah: these are the sonnes of Esau, which were borne vnto him in the land of Canaan. 6And Esau tooke his wiues, and his sonnes, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattell, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the lande of Canaan: and went into the countrey from the face of his brother Iacob. 7For their riches were more then that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers, could not beare them, because of their cattell. 8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9¶ And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in mount Seir.
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For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
- King James Version
For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.
- Basic English Bible
For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.
- Darby Bible
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain them, because of their cattle.
- Webster's Bible
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.
- World English Bible
for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;
- Youngs Literal Bible
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible