Genesis 36:8

And Esau lived at mount Seir: he is Edom.

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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For they were very wealthy and were not able to live together. Neither was the land of their sojourn able to sustain them, because of the multitude of their flocks.

9So these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, at mount Seir,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Paran, which is in the wilderness.

Genesis 32:3Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.

Genesis 36:1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

Genesis 36:43leader Magdiel, leader Iram. These were the leaders of Edom living in the land of their rule: this is Esau, the father of Idumea.

Joshua 24:4and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42Also, some of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went away to mount Seir, having as leaders Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 36:2-9

The Generations of Esau. ( b. c. 1780.) 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his… Read the whole commentary →

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