Genesis 36:8

Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.

9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

Genesis 36:1And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.

Genesis 36:43chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling-places in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of Edom.

Joshua 24:4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42And five hundred men of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, having at their head Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Jishi,

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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