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## Now ##
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This word is used in English to show that what follows it is background information. This information will help the reader understand the reason for the events that begin in [Genesis 13:8](./08.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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## could not stay together ##
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"could not live together"
## their possessions ##
This includes livestock which need pasture and water.
## The land was not able to support them ##
There was not enough grazing land and water there for all their animals.
## The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time. ##
This is another reason that the land could not support them all.