Genesis 36:9
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New International Version (©2011)
This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

New Living Translation (©2007)
This is the account of Esau's descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.

English Standard Version (©2001)
These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

International Standard Version (©2012)
This is a record of the family history of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites of Mount Seir.

NET Bible (©2006)
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
This is the account of Esau and his descendants. He was the father of the people of Edom in the mountains of Seir.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

American King James Version
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

American Standard Version
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir,

Darby Bible Translation
And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.

English Revised Version
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Webster's Bible Translation
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites, in mount Seir:

World English Bible
This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

Young's Literal Translation
And these are births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

36:1-43 Esau and his descendants. - The registers in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembrance of his selling his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Esau continued the same profane despiser of heavenly things. In outward prosperity and honour, the children of the covenant are often behind, and those that are out of the covenant get the start. We may suppose it a trial to the faith of God's Israel, to hear of the pomp and power of the kings of Edom, while they were bond-slaves in Egypt; but those that look for great things from God, must be content to wait for them; God's time is the best time. Mount Seir is called the land of their possession. Canaan was at this time only the land of promise. Seir was in the possession of the Edomites. The children of this world have their all in hand, and nothing in hope, Lu 16:25; while the children of God have their all in hope, and next to nothing in hand. But, all things considered, it is beyond compare better to have Canaan in promise, than mount Seir in possession.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - And these are the generations of Esau - "the repetition of this clause shows that it does not necessarily indicate diversity of authorship, or a very distinct piece of composition" (Murphy) - the father of the Edomites (i.e. the founder of the Edomitish nation) in mount Seir.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 mountain and in the adjacent country had the name of Edomites or Idumeans.

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Esau's Descendants
…8Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: 10These 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. …

Genesis 32:3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 36:8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.
1 Chronicles 4:42 And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.