Genesis 36:7
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.
Genesis 36:7 in other translations
| BSB | For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 36:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 36:6-7
6-7. Esau ... went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob--literally, "a country," without any certain prospect of a settlement. The design of this historical sketch of Esau and his family is to show how the promise (Ge 27:39, 40) was fulfilled. In temporal prosperity he far exceeds his brother; and it is remarkable that, in the overruling providence of God, the vast increase of his worldly substance…
Genesis 36:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 36:7
- Genesis 13:6
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
- Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Genesis 28:4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
- Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
- Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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Context
- Genesis 36:6
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 36:7
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.
- Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Genesis 36:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque la hacienda de ellos era grande, y no podían habitar juntos, ni la tierra de su peregrinación los podía sostener á causa de sus ganados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car leur avoir était trop grand pour qu’ils puissent habiter ensemble, et le pays de leur séjour ne pouvait les porter à cause de leurs troupeaux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ihre Habe war zu groß, um beieinander zu wohnen, und das Land ihres Aufenthaltes vermochte sie nicht zu tragen wegen ihrer Herden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Divites enim erant valde, et simul habitare non poterant: nec sustinebat eos terra peregrinationis eorum præ multitudine gregum. |