Genesis 36:7

כִּֽי ־ הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו וְלֹא יָֽכְלָה אֶרֶץ מְגֽוּרֵיהֶם לָשֵׂאת אֹתָם מִפְּנֵי מִקְנֵיהֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6וַיִּקַּח עֵשָׂו אֶת ־ נָשָׁיו וְאֶת ־ בָּנָיו וְאֶת ־ בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ נַפְשׁוֹת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת ־ מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל ־ קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ מִפְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב אָחִֽיו ׃

8וַיֵּשֶׁב עֵשָׂו בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר עֵשָׂו הוּא אֱדֽוֹם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 13:11וַיִּבְחַר ־ לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כָּל ־ כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסַּע לוֹט מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּפָּרְדוּ אִישׁ מֵעַל אָחִֽיו ׃

Genesis 28:4וְיִֽתֶּן ־ לְךָ אֶת ־ בִּרְכַּת אַבְרָהָם לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ לְרִשְׁתְּךָ אֶת ־ אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ־ נָתַן אֱלֹהִים לְאַבְרָהָֽם ׃

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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