Genesis 36:8

And Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.

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In The King James Version

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7Because their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their habitation could not sustain them with regard to their cattle.

9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomai, in the mountain of Seir,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horaee who were in the mountain of Seir, unto the plain of Paran which lieth upon the desert.

Genesis 32:3And when Jakob saw them, he said, This is a host from before the Lord; and he called the name of the place Mahanaim.

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

Genesis 36:43Rabba Magdiel, Rabba Iram: these are the chieftains of Edom, after their habitations in the land of their possessions. He is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

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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