8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, …
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. …
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Observe here, 1. Concerning Esau himself, Gen. 36:1. He is called Edom (and again, Gen. 36:8), that name by which was perpetuated the remembrance of the foolish bargain he made, when he sold his birthright for that red, that red pottage . The very mention of that name is enough to intimate the reason why his family is turned off with such a short account. Note, If men do a wrong thing they must th…
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