Bible in Basic English
"So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together."
— Genesis 13:6, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.”
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.
And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.