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The Descendants of Esau

Genesis 36:8

In 11 translations

BSB
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
KJV
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
WEB
Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
ASV
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
LSV
and Esau dwells in Mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
YLT
and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
DBY
Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.
DRC
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.
GNV
Therefore dwelt Esau in mount Seir: this Esau is Edom.
JPS
And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir — Esau is Edom.
LXXE
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב עֵשָׂו֙ בְּהַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br
Κατῴκησε δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σηείρ· Ἡσαῦ αὐτός ἐστιν Ἐδώμ.

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  • Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
  • Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
  • Ezekiel 35:2–7“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a…
  • Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
  • Deuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:10And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:42And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
  • Genesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
  • Joshua 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  • Genesis 36:19–20All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs. These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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