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# Now
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This word is used to show what follows is background information to help the reader understand the events that follow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# The land was not able to support them
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There was not enough grazing land and water for all their animals.
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# their possessions
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This includes livestock, which need pasture and water.
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# could not stay together
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"could not live together"
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# The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time
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This is another reason that the land could not support them all.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/canaan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/perizzite]]