en_tn/gen/13/05.md

Now

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. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

could not stay together

"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.