Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir (Esau is Edom).

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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For their possessions were too many for them to live together; and the land where they sojourned could not support them because of their cattle.

9These are the descendants of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir:

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, to El-Paran, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, which is the territory of the Edomites.

Genesis 36:1Now these are the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom).

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

Joshua 24:4To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave Mount Seir as his holding, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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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