Genesis 36:7

7 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.

Genesis 36:7 in Other Translations

7 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.

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.

7 There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.

7 The brothers had too many possessions to live together in the same place; the land couldn't support their combined herds of livestock.

7 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.

7 He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn't enough pastureland for all of their livestock.

7 For their possessions were too many [for them] to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

7 Jacob and Esau owned so much that they couldn't remain together. There wasn't enough land for both of them. They had too much 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 were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

6 Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.

7 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.

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

9 This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 13:6; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4