Genesis 36:8

8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 36:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
ESV
8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)
NLT
8 So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
MSG
8 So Esau ended up settling in the hill country of Seir (Esau and Edom are the same).
CSB
8 So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

Genesis 36:8 In-Context

6 Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.
7 Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.
8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
9 This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Deuteronomy 2:4
  • 2. S Genesis 25:30
  • 3. S Genesis 14:6; Genesis 32:3
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