Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir, Esau, is Edom.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7For their substance had become too great for them to dwell together,—neither could the land of their sojournings sustain them, because of their herds,

9And, these, are the generations of Esau father of Edom,—in Mount Seir.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir,—as far as El-paran, which is by the desert.

Genesis 32:3Then did Jacob send messengers before him unto Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Genesis 36:1Now these, are the generations of Esau the same, is Edom.

Genesis 36:43chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These, are the chiefs of Edom—after their dwellings in the land of their possession, the same, is Esau, father of Edom.

Joshua 24:4and gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau,—and gave unto Esau, Mount Seir, to possess it, but, Jacob and his sons, went down into Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42And, some of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, five hundred men,—with Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head;

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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