God’s Word Translation
Genesis 36:8
8So Esau, who was also known as Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir.
Genesis 36:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- New International Version (NIV)So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.
Context of Genesis 36:8
6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the members of his household, his possessions, all his cattle, and everything he had accumulated in Canaan and went to another land away from his brother Jacob. 7He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn’t enough pastureland for all of their livestock. So Esau, who was also known as Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir. 9This is the account of Esau and his descendants. He was the father of the people of Edom in the mountains of Seir. 10These were the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
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וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב עֵשָׂו֙ בְּהַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 36:8
- Genesis 36:20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, the people living in that land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, going as far as El Paran on the edge of the desert.
- Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Seir, the country of Edom.
- Deuteronomy 2:5Don’t start a fight with them, because I’m not giving you any of their land—not even enough to stand on. I’ve given Esau’s descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property.
- Joshua 24:4To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the mountains in Seir as his own. However, Jacob and his sons went to Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 4:42Ishi’s sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel led 500 of Simeon’s male descendants to Mount Seir.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10“The Ammonites, Moabites, and the people of Mount Seir have come here. However, you didn’t let Israel invade them when they came out of Egypt. The Israelites turned away from them and didn’t destroy them.
- Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, turn to Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
- Malachi 1:3but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.
- Genesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom) and his descendants.
Commentaries on Genesis 36:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-43Verses 1-43 - Section XII - Jacob - The History of Esau 2. אהלבמה 'ohŏlı̂ybâmâh Oholibamah, “tent of the high place.” ענה ‛ǎnâh Anah, “answering.” צבעון tsı̂b‛ôn Tsibon, “dyer, colored.” 4. אליפז 'ělı̂yphaz Eliphaz, “God of strength.” רעוּאל re‛û'êl Reuel, “friend of God.” 5. יעוּשׁ ye‛ûsh Jeush, “haste.” יעלם ya‛lâm Jalam, “hiding.” קרח qôrach Qorach, “ice.” 11. תימן têymân Teman, “right-hand man.” אומר 'ômār Omar, “eloquent.” צפו tsephô…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Esau, like Lot, left for the eastern land (compare 13:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir--This was divinely assigned as his possession (Jos 24:4; De 2:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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