Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 36:7
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Genesis 36
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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