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Genesis 36:7

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.

KJV

Divites enim erant valde, et simul habitare non poterant : nec sustinebat eos terra peregrinationis eorum præ multitudine gregum.

Vulgate

ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πολλὰ τοῦ οἰκεῖν ἅμα, καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἡ γῆ τῆς παροικήσεως αὐτῶν φέρειν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

כִּֽי הָיָ֧ה רְכוּשָׁ֛/ם רָ֖ב מִ/שֶּׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו וְ/לֹ֨א יָֽכְלָ֜ה אֶ֤רֶץ מְגֽוּרֵי/הֶם֙ לָ/שֵׂ֣את אֹתָ֔/ם מִ/פְּנֵ֖י מִקְנֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֶם֙
hm
noun · 11×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
וֹ
v
noun · 28×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 13:6 — 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.
  • Gen 13:11 — Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
  • Gen 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 28:4 — And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
  • Heb 11:9 — By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: