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Genesis 36:8

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

KJV

Habitavitque Esau in monte Seir, ipse est Edom.

Vulgate

ᾤκησεν δὲ Ἠσαὺ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σηείρ· Ἠσαὺ αὐτός ἐστιν Ἐδώμ.

LXX

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב עֵשָׂו֙ בְּ/הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esau
Places Mount Seir

In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱד֔וֹם
'dvm
proper_noun · 99×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
שֵׂעִ֔יר
sh'yr
proper_noun · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 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.
  • 2Chr 20:23 — For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destr
  • Deut 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.
  • Deut 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:
  • Ezek 35:2 — Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
  • Gen 32:3 — And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
  • Josh 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.
  • Mal 1:3 — And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.