Genesis 36:8
Strong's Lexicon
So Esau
עֵשָׂו֙ (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau = 'hairy' 1) eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples

עֵשָׂ֖ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau = 'hairy' 1) eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples

(that is,
ה֥וּא ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

Edom )
אֱדֽוֹם׃ (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 123: Edom = 'red' 1) Edom 2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau 3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine

settled
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell

in the hill country
בְּהַ֣ר (bə·har)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

of Seir.
שֵׂעִ֔יר (śê·‘îr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8165: Seir = 'hairy' or 'shaggy' n pr m 1) patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites n pr terr 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

Young's Literal Translation
and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom ) lived in the mountains of Seir.

New American Standard Bible
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

King James Bible
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

New Living Translation
So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

English Standard Version
So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

New American Standard Bible
So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

King James Bible
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

International Standard Version
So Esau lived in Mount Seir. (Esau was also known as Edom.)

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

American Standard Version
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

English Revised Version
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Young's Literal Translation
and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
















Cross References
Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:1
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

Genesis 36:9
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Genesis 36:19
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.

Deuteronomy 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Deuteronomy 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:22
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

Joshua 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

1 Chronicles 4:42
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

Jeremiah 40:11
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

Ezekiel 35:2
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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