Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.
8. mount Seir ] The mountain country of Seir, a region, not a mountain, lying to the east of the Arabah.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This seems to be mentioned by the Holy Ghost by way of contempt or reproach; this is he who sold his birthright for a mess of red pottage, and therefore was called
Edom or red.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
8. Thus dwelt Esau in mountSeirThis was divinely assigned as his possession (Jos 24:4;Deu 2:5).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thus dwelt Esau in Mount Seir,…. Before he is said to be in the land of Seir, Ge 32:3; now to dwell in a mount of that name; from which driving the Horites, he seized upon and dwelt in it; it had not its name from his own rough, shaggy hair, as Josephus says r, much less from the satyrs, and hairy demons that frequented it, as R. Abraham Seba s, but rather from Seir the Horite who inhabited the land, Ge 36:20; unless he had his name from the mountain which might be so called, from its being rough and rugged like shaggy hair, and being covered with bushes and brambles which carried such a resemblance; and so it stands opposed to Mount Halak near it,
Jos 11:17, which signifies the bald or smooth mountain, being destitute of shrubs, c. The Targum of Jonathan calls this mountain Mount Gabla, and one part of the land of Edom, or Idumea, was called Gobolites, as Josephus t relates, perhaps the same with Gebal,
Ps 83:7 hither Esau went and took up his residence, after things were amicably adjusted between him and his brother Jacob; the Jews say u, that Isaac left, all he had to his two sons, and that after they had buried him, Esau said to Jacob, let us divide what our father has left us into two parts, and I will choose because I am the firstborn; so Jacob divided it into two parts; all that his father had left he made one part, and the land of Israel the other part, and Esau took what his father left, see Ge 36:6; and the land of Israel and the cave of Machpelah he delivered to Jacob, and they drew up everlasting writings between them. Now this or something like it being the case, and those the circumstances of fixings, thus, and by that means, so it came to pass, that Esau dwelt in Seir; and Jacob remained secure and quiet in the land of Canaan;
Esau [is] Edom, so called from the red pottage he had of Jacob, which is repeated to fix the odium of that transaction upon him, as well as for the sake of what follows, showing the reason why his posterity were called Edomites.
r Antiqu. l. 1. c. 20. sect. 3. s Tzeror Hammor, fol. 47. 1. t Antiqu. l. 2. c. 1. sect. 2. u Pirke Eliezer, c. 38. fol. 43. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) Mount Seir.The land of Idumea extends from the southern extremity of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Elath, and consists of a chain of mountains running parallel to the Akaba, or continuation of the deep depression through which the Jordan flows till it loses itself in the Dead Sea. The hills are of limestone, with masses here and there of basalt; and though large portions are so covered with stones as to be barren, the rest is moderately fertile, not indeed in corn, but in figs, pomegranates, and other fruits. The climate is pleasant, the heat in summer being moderated by cool winds, but the winters are cold. The border of it was distant only some fifty or sixty miles from Hebron, so that Esaus transference of himself thither was an easy matter. (Comp. Note on Gen. 27:39.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 36:8. Esau is Edom Some manuscripts omit Esau here, which seems redundant, and read, in mount Seir, that is, Edom. See Kennicott’s Dissert.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Esau is Edom. Should be “Esau, he is Edom”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
mount Seir: Gen 36:20, Gen 14:6, Gen 32:3, Deu 2:5, Jos 24:4, 1Ch 4:42, 2Ch 20:10, 2Ch 20:23, Eze 35:2-7, Mal 1:3
Esau: Gen 36:1
Reciprocal: Gen 36:43 – their Deu 2:22 – Esau Jos 12:7 – Seir Jer 49:7 – Edom
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 36:8. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir Whatever opposition may be made, Gods word will take place, and his counsels shall stand concerning the times before appointed, and the bounds of our habitation.