Kejadian 13:6

13:6 But the land could ¹  not support them while they were living side by side. ²  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live ³  alongside one another.

Kejadian 14:17

14:17 After Abram ⁴  returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram ⁵  in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). ⁶ 

[13:6]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ tn The same infinitive occurs here, serving as the object of the verb.

[14:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ⁶ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.