Genesis 36:8

Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.

9This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

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

Genesis 36:1Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Genesis 36:43chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

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

1 Chronicles 4:42Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

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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