7Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.


In Context

4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

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 Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 36:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:7For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:7For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

36:7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

36:7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain them, because of their cattle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:7for 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:7For 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.