Genesis 36:7

7 ¹For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. ²The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.

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 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

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

8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom. )

9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Cross References

• 1. 36:7 ch. 13:6
• 2. 36:7 ch. 17:8; 23:4; 28:4; 37:1; Heb. 11:9