“The land did not bear them”
Says וְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם is “and also to Lot, the one going with Abram,” and he had צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים (“flocks and herds and tents”). The Greek has “κτήνη” (“cattle”) where the Hebrew has “tents.”
Says In 13:6 וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו is “and the land did not bear them, to dwell together”: nasa’ is “lift, carry,” with the land as subject. BSB has “the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together.” כִּי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב (“for their goods were many”) is followed by וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו (“and they could not dwell together”), the phrase repeated.
Says In 13:7 וַיְהִי־רִיב is “and there was strife” (BSB “discord”), בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט (“between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock”). וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָרֶץ is “and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land”: two singular names for peoples, with one participle. BSB’s “also” is not in the Hebrew. The lexicon calls the Perizzite “of ancient inhab. of Canaan.”
Uncertain The Perizzites are not otherwise identified here. Whether their name is a people’s name or describes dwellers in open country is not settled by the verse. No lean is taken here.
Claims
- Saysוְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם is “and also to Lot, the one going with Abram,” and he had צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים (“flocks and herds and tents”). The Greek has “κτήνη” (“cattle”) where the Hebrew has “tents.”
- SaysIn 13:6 וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו is “and the land did not bear them, to dwell together”: nasa’ is “lift, carry,” with the land as subject. BSB has “the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together.” כִּי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב (“for their goods were many”) is followed by וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו (“and they could not dwell together”), the phrase repeated.
- SaysIn 13:7 וַיְהִי־רִיב is “and there was strife” (BSB “discord”), בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט (“between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock”). וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָרֶץ is “and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land”: two singular names for peoples, with one participle. BSB’s “also” is not in the Hebrew. The lexicon calls the Perizzite “of ancient inhab. of Canaan.”
- UncertainThe Perizzites are not otherwise identified here. Whether their name is a people’s name or describes dwellers in open country is not settled by the verse. No lean is taken here.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 13:5–7 (WLC/OSHB; morph HTd/Vqrmsa HVqp3ms HNcbsa HC/Td/Ngmsa HVqrmsa)
- BSB public domain Gen 13:6–7 (BSB)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 827 (leaf n850), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H6522 “of ancient inhab. of Canaan”; checked against the printed page (scan)
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 13:5, text and apparatus. LXX: Swete, vol. 1 (1901), p. 20 (leaf n51). Checked against the printed page (scan).
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