Genesis 36:8

and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

In Context

7for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

9And these [are] births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness;

Genesis 32:3And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

Genesis 36:1And these [are] births of Esau, who [is] Edom.

Genesis 36:43chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these [are] chiefs of Edom, in reference to their dwellings, in the land of their possession; he [is] Esau father of Edom.

Joshua 24:4And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and 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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