The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 36:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And these are the generations of Esau—"the repetition of this clause shows that it does not necessarily indicate diversity of authorship, or a very distinct piece of composition" (Murphy)—the father of the Edomites (i.

e. the founder of the Edomitish nation) in mount Seir.

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