Kejadian 13:2

13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ¹  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ² 

Kejadian 13:6

13:6 But the land could ³  not support them while they were living side by side. ⁴  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live ⁵  alongside one another.

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “heavy.”

[13:2]  ² tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.

[13:6]  ³ tn The potential nuance for the perfect tense is necessary here, and supported by the parallel clause that actually uses “to be able.”

[13:6]  ⁴ tn 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,” VT 7 (1957): 350-55.

[13:6]  ⁵ tn The same infinitive occurs here, serving as the object of the verb.