Genesis 36:7

He did this because their possessions were too many for them to stay together. The land where they had settled could not support them because of their livestock.

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

8So Esau, also known as Edom, settled in the hill country of Seir.

Read all of Genesis 36

Cross References

Genesis 13:11So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan and traveled east, and the relatives separated from each other.

Genesis 28:4May he give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants after you, that you may inherit the land where you have been living, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 36:7