Genesis 36:8

So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

Genesis 36:43Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.

Joshua 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

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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