Genesis 36:8

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

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

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Cross References

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

Genesis 32:3And he sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir to the country of Edom:

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

Genesis 36:43Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these are the dukes of Edom dwelling in the land of their government; the same is Esau the father of the Edomites.

Joshua 24:4And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

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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