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Genesis 36:7
Genesis 36:7 is verse 7 of Genesis chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
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.
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.
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Genesis 36:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
9 This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 13:6But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
Genesis 13:11So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 28:4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”