 | Harvey E. Goldberg - Religion - 2003 - 416 pages
...This was the basis of Abram's conflict with his brother's son, Lot, as portrayed in Genesis 13:5-9: "the land was not able to bear them, that they might...was great. . . . And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle." This led to their separation from one... | |
 | David Alan Kraul - Religion - 2004 - 348 pages
...father, brothers or related faculties of the mind, or thoughts. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was...might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.50 The same place cannot accommodate concentration and distraction.... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - End of the world - 2004 - 386 pages
...repeated the promise. 5And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6And 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.... " For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give... | |
 | Erik S. Reinert - Business & Economics - 2007 - 352 pages
...returns, presently at work producing increasing poverty in Mongolia, are clearly set forth in the Bible: The land was not able to bear them that they might dwell together; for their substance was great so they could not dwell together' (Genesis l3:6). I suggest that the decline in living standards experienced... | |
 | James Hastings - Religion - 2004 - 760 pages
...all thine abominations ' (Ezk 57'"). — Another species of Palindromy is represented by the words '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" (Un 13"). There the course of ideas turns from the fact to its... | |
 | Martin Sicker - Religion - 2004 - 297 pages
...Abram and Lot represented a force with which the region's power brokers had to reckon. For this reason, "the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together." The land, in this instance, may be understood not only as a reference to the actual ground that could... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - Religion - 2005 - 702 pages
...the name of the Lord. 13:5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 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. 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's... | |
 | A. T. Fomenko - Chronology, Historical - 2005 - 562 pages
...a single city; see [482]). !.5a. The Bible. However, a struggle soon begins between Abram and Lot: "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. And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Lot's cattle"... | |
 | William Allan - Agriculture - 2004 - 572 pages
...There is an early account of overstocking in the Book of Genesis: "And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. And the land was not able to bear them. . . . And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle."1... | |
 | James Sullivan Burns - Religion - 2006 - 134 pages
...south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was...might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. Genesis 13:1,2,5,6 When it became necessary for Abraham and... | |
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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. 
