Genesis 36:7

For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions.

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In The King James Version

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

In Context

6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.

8And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:11And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 28:4And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraham, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

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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