Genesis 36:8

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So Esau(also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.

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  • Gen 32:3 : 3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.
  • Gen 36:1 : 1 The Descendants of Esau What follows is the account of Esau(also known as Edom).
  • Gen 36:19-20 : 19 These were the sons of Esau(also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs. 20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.
  • Josh 24:4 : 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  • 1 Chr 4:42 : 42 Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir
  • 2 Chr 20:10 : 10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.
  • 2 Chr 20:23 : 23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.
  • Ezek 35:2-7 : 2 “Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it. 3 Say to it,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin. 4 I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD! 5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment. 6 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7 I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.
  • Mal 1:3 : 3 and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”
  • Gen 14:6 : 6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 36:9-10
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    9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

    10These were 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
    2 verses
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    1The Descendants of Esau What follows is the account of Esau(also known as Edom).

    2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  • Gen 36:42-43
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    42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

    43chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites.

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

    20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Gen 33:16
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    16So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.

  • Gen 36:4-7
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    4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

    5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

    6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother

    7because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.

  • Deut 2:12
    76%

    12Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the LORD gave them.)

  • Gen 32:3
    74%

    3Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

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

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

  • Josh 24:4
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    4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

  • Gen 36:40
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    40These were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

  • Num 24:18
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    18Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly.

  • Gen 25:30
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    30So Esau said to Jacob,“Feed me some of the red stuff– yes, this red stuff– because I’m starving!”(That is why he was also called Edom.)

  • Deut 2:4-5
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    72%

    4Instruct these people as follows:‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

    5Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

  • Gen 36:30-31
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    30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chief lists in the land of Seir.

    31These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:

  • Deut 2:22
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    22This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.

  • Gen 27:39
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    39So his father Isaac said to him,“See here, your home will be by the richness of the earth, and by the dew of the sky above.

  • Gen 36:15
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    15These were the chiefs among the descendants of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

  • Gen 25:27
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    27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

  • Gen 36:17
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    17These were the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

  • Deut 2:8
    70%

    8So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the route of the rift valley which comes up from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • Jer 49:10
    70%

    10But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left!

  • Gen 27:41
    70%

    41So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”