KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 36:8 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Thus dwelt” | וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | Thus dwelt |
| “Esau” | עֵשָׂו֙ | Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity | Esau |
| “in mount” | בְּהַ֣ר | A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) | mount |
| “Seir:” | שֵׂעִ֔יר | Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its indigenous occupants, also one in Palestine | Seir |
| “Esau” | עֵשָׂ֖ו | Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity | Esau |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “Edom.” | אֱדֽוֹם׃ | Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him | Edom |
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6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
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