Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir (Genesis 32:3; Deuteronomy 2:5; Joshua 24:4): Esau is Edom (vide Genesis 25:30). The obvious continuation of this verse m to be found in Genesis 37:1, so that Genesis 37:9 -40 are parenthetical in their character; but whether originally written by Moses, or inserted by a late redactor, as some maintain, may legitimately be regarded as an open question.
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Genesis 36:8
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 36:1-43The registers in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembrance of his selling his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Esau continue…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Generations of Esau. (b. c. 1780.)THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU. (B. C. 1780.) Observe here, 1. Concerning Esau himself, Genesis 36:1. He is called Edom (and again, Genesis 36:8), that name by which was perpetuated the remembrance of the foolish bargain he ma…Matthew Henry