Genesis 36:8
New International Version
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

New Living Translation
So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

English Standard Version
So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

Berean Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

King James Bible
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

New King James Version
So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.

New American Standard Bible
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

NASB 1995
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

NASB 1977
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Amplified Bible
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Christian Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

American Standard Version
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Esau dwelt in the mountains of Seir; Esau is Adum.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

Contemporary English Version
That's why Esau made his home in the hill country of Seir.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

English Revised Version
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Esau, who was also known as Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir.

Good News Translation
So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.

International Standard Version
So Esau lived in Mount Seir. (Esau was also known as Edom.)

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir--Esau is Edom.

Literal Standard Version
and Esau dwells in Mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Majority Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

New American Bible
So Esau settled in the highlands of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

NET Bible
So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.

New Revised Standard Version
So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

New Heart English Bible
And Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

World English Bible
Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

Young's Literal Translation
and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Esau's Descendants
7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock. 8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir. 9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.…

Cross References
Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:1
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

Genesis 36:9
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.

Genesis 36:19
All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.

Deuteronomy 2:4
and command the people: 'You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

Deuteronomy 2:22
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.


Treasury of Scripture

Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

mount Seir.

Genesis 36:20
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Esau.

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

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Genesis 36
1. Esau's three wives.
6. His removal to mount Seir.
9. His sons.
15. The dukes which descended of his sons.
20. The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.
24. Anah finds mules.
31. The kings of Edom.
40. The dukes that descended of Esau.














(8) Mount Seir.--The land of Idumea extends from the southern extremity of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Elath, and consists of a chain of mountains running parallel to the Akaba, or continuation of the deep depression through which the Jordan flows till it loses itself in the Dead Sea. The hills are of limestone, with masses here and there of basalt; and though large portions are so covered with stones as to be barren, the rest is moderately fertile, not indeed in corn, but in figs, pomegranates, and other fruits. The climate is pleasant, the heat in summer being moderated by cool winds, but the winters are cold. The border of it was distant only some fifty or sixty miles from Hebron, so that Esau's transference of himself thither was an easy matter. (Comp. Note on Genesis 27:39.)

Verse 8. - Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir (Genesis 32:3; Deuteronomy 2:5; Joshua 24:4): Esau is Edom (vide Genesis 25:30). The obvious continuation of this verse m to be found in Genesis 37:1, so that vers. 9-40 are parenthetical in their character; but whether originally written by Moses, or inserted by a late redactor, as some maintain, may legitimately be regarded as an open question.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Esau
עֵשָׂו֙ (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

(that is,
ה֥וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Edom)
אֱדֽוֹם׃ (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 123: The name of a condiment

settled
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the hill country
בְּהַ֣ר (bə·har)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Seir.
שֵׂעִ֔יר (śê·‘îr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah


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