## 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](./08.md). (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.