Genesis 36:7

for they were full rich, and they might not dwell together, and the land of their pilgrimage sustained not them, for the multitude of flocks. (for they were both very rich, and they could not live together, for the land where they now were could not sustain them both, for the multitude of their flocks.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

6Soothly Esau took his wives, and his sons, and (his) daughters, and each soul of his house (hold), and his cattle, and (his) sheep, and all things which he had in the land of Canaan, and went into another country (or and went to another country), and (so) departed from his brother Jacob;

8And Esau dwelled in the hill of Seir; he is Edom. (And so Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; he is also called Edom.)

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Cross References

Genesis 13:11And Lot chose to him the country about Jordan, and departed from the east; and they were parted each from his brother. (And Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and left for the east; and so they parted from each other, yea, each from his kinsman.)

Genesis 28:4and God give to thee the blessing of Abraham, and to thy seed after thee, that thou wield the land of thy pilgrimage, which he promised to thy grand-sire. (and may God give thee the blessing of Abraham, and thy descendants after thee, so that thou possessest this land where thou art now living, which he promised to thy grandfather.)

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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