Genesis 36:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

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  • Gen 32:3 : 3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
  • Gen 36:1 : 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.
  • Gen 36:19-20 : 19 These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs. 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.
  • Josh 24:4 : 4 And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
  • 1 Chr 4:42 : 42 And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.
  • 2 Chr 20:10 : 10 And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:
  • 2 Chr 20:23 : 23 And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.
  • Ezek 35:2-7 : 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it, 3 And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder. 4 I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord. 5 Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end: 6 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you. 7 And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.
  • Mal 1:3 : 3 And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
  • Gen 14:6 : 6 And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 36:9-10
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    9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:

    10These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

  • Gen 36:1-2
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    1Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.

    2Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  • Gen 36:42-43
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    81%

    42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

    43Magdiel, Iram; these are the Edomite chiefs, in their places in their heritage; this is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

  • Gen 36:19-21
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    19These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

    20These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, offspring of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Gen 33:16
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    16So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

  • Gen 36:4-7
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    4Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;

    5Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.

    6Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

    7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

  • Deut 2:12
    76%

    12And the Horites in earlier times were living in Seir, but the children of Esau took their place; they sent destruction on them and took their land for themselves, as Israel did to the land of his heritage which the Lord gave them.)

  • Gen 32:3
    74%

    3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

  • 1 Chr 1:34-35
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    34And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

    35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

  • Josh 24:4
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    4And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

  • Gen 36:40
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    40These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

  • Num 24:18
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    18Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

  • Gen 25:30
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    30And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

  • Deut 2:4-5
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    72%

    4And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

    5Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

  • Gen 36:30-31
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    30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Such were the Horite chiefs in their order in the land of Seir.

    31And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.

  • Deut 2:22
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    22As he did for the children of Esau living in Seir, when he sent destruction on the Horites before them, and they took their land where they are living to this day:

  • Gen 27:39
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    39Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

  • Gen 36:15
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    15These were the chiefs among the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's first son: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

  • Gen 25:27
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    27And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

  • Gen 36:17
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    17And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

  • Deut 2:8
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    8So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.

  • Jer 49:10
    70%

    10I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

  • Gen 27:41
    70%

    41So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.