# Now 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]]) # The land was not able to support them There was not enough grazing land and water for all their animals. # their possessions This includes livestock, which need pasture and water. # could not stay together "could not live together" # 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.