And the land, &c. The account, according to P, of the reason for Lot's separation. The flocks and herds of the two chieftains when combined were so numerous, that there was not pasturage enough to feed them. Cf. a similar reason, in P's narrative, for the separation of Jacob and Esau, Genesis 36:7. The word "substance" is characteristic of P. Cf. Genesis 12:5.

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