Genesis 36:8
And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir — Esau is Edom.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
In Context
9And these are the generations of Esau the father of a the Edomites in the mountain-land of Seir.
Cross References
Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 32:3(32-4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Genesis 36:1Now these are the generations of Esau — the same is Edom.
Genesis 36:43the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Joshua 24:4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
1 Chronicles 4:42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains 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 →