Genesis 36:7
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New International Version
Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.


English Standard Version
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.


New American Standard Bible
For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.


King James Bible
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.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.


International Standard Version
because their holdings were too vast to allow them to stay together, since the land where they had settled was not able to support all of their livestock.


American Standard Version
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.


Douay-Rheims Bible
For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.


Darby Bible Translation
For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.


Young's Literal Translation
for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;


Commentaries
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.

6, 7. Esau … went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob—literally, "a country," without any certain prospect of a settlement. The design of this historical sketch of Esau and his family is to show how the promise (Ge 27:39, 40) was fulfilled. In temporal prosperity he far exceeds his brother; and it is remarkable that, in the overruling providence of God, the vast increase of his worldly substance was the occasion of his leaving Canaan and thus making way for the return of Jacob.
Genesis 36:6
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