Genesis Chapter 36 verse 7 Holy Bible
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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For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.
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For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.
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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 riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain 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 cattle.
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for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers - literally, of their wanderings (cf. Genesis 28:4; Genesis 37:1) - could not bear them because of their cattle. This does not necessarily imply that Jacob was established in Canaan before Esau removed. Esau may have recognized the impossibility of two so rich and powerful chieftains as himself and his brother occupying Canaan, and may have retired Before Jacob actually took possession (Keil, Inglis).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) The land wherein they were strangers.--The large growth of their wealth made the separation of Esau and Jacob as inevitable as had been that of Abraham and Lot. It is a usual incident in the life of nomads, and a tribe can multiply only to the extent of the capabilities of their district to support them. When this is reached, one portion of the tribe must seek a new home. This necessity was in the present case aggravated by Esau and Jacob being only sojourners in Canaan, surrounded by tribes who claimed to be owners of the soil: and this may have helped in determining Esau's choice; for in right of Aholibamah, he was in her country a duke. Maimonides also observes, that though Esau had gone on hunting expeditions to Seir, and even possibly for plunder, yet that he was not sufficiently powerful to take possession of the country until by Isaac's death the number of his retainers was largely multiplied.
