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Genesis 36:8

American Standard Version

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

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Genesis 36:8 in other translations

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

Genesis 36:8 · World English Bible

Genesis 36:8 in context

  1. 6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
  2. 7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
  3. 8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
  4. 9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
  5. 10these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.