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Genesis 36:8

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And these are the generations of Esau,.... Or the posterity of Esau, his children and grandchildren, as before and hereafter related:

the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir; from whom they of that…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 36:1-8

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

mount Seir The mountain country of Seir, a region, not a mountain, lying to the east of the Arabah.