Genesis 36:7

7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.

Genesis 36:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 36:7

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together,
&c.] And therefore it was proper to part, as Abraham and Lot had done before, ( Genesis 13:6 ) ; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because
of their cattle;
their cattle were so numerous that they could not get pasturage for them, there not being enough left them by the inhabitants of it for them to occupy; nor could they hire land of them sufficient for them both; they being not possessors but sojourners in it, and therefore could have no more of it than the inhabitants thought fit to let unto them.

Genesis 36:7 In-Context

5 Oholivamah bore Ye`ush, Ya`lam, and Korach. These are the sons of Esav, who were born to him in the land of Kana`an.

6 Esav took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Kana`an, and went into a land away from his brother Ya`akov.

7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.

8 Esav lived in the hill country of Se`ir. Esav is Edom.

9 This is the history of the generations of Esav the father of the Edom in the hill country of Se`ir: