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


In Context

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:

10 these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.

Genesis 36:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

36:8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:8Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

36:8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:8and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:8Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.