Genesis 36:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Genesis 36:8 —

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Cross-References

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Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Ezekiel 35:2-7
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, …
Genesis 36:19-20
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. …
Joshua 24:4
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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Commentary

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 tha…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir--This was divinely assigned as his possession (Jos 24:4; De 2:5).