Genesis 36:7
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New International Version (©1984)
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.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn't enough pastureland for all 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.

American King James Version
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.

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.

Bible in Basic English
For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all 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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain them, because of their cattle.

World English Bible
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.

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;

Geneva Study 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.

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.


Genesis 13:6 And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.
Genesis 17:8 "I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
1 Chronicles 29:15 "For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.
Psalm 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.
Hebrews 11:9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; (NASB ©1995)

Able Abundant Bear Cattle Couldn't Dwell Enough Great Livestock Property Riches Sojourned Sojourners Sojournings Staying Strangers Substance Support Sustain Together Travels Wealth Wherein Wide


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.

their riches. 13:6,11

the land. 17:8 28:4

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