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.


In Context

4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

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

6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

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

8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

9 This is the history of the generations 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

36:7Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.

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 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.