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Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land some distance away from[a] Jacob his brother because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together, and the land where they had settled[b] was not able to support them because of their livestock. So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.[c]

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  1. Genesis 36:6 tn Heb “from before.”
  2. Genesis 36:7 tn Heb “land of their settlements.”
  3. Genesis 36:8 tn Traditionally “Mount Seir,” but in this case the expression בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר (behar seʿir) refers to the hill country or highlands of Seir.