9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites [1] in mount Seir:

Other Translations of Genesis 36:9

New International Version

9 This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

English Standard Version

9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

The Message

9 So this is the family tree of Esau, ancestor of the people of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.

New King James Version

9 And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.

New Living Translation

9 This is the account of Esau's descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 36:9

Chapter Contents

Esau and his descendants.

The registers in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembrance of his selling his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Esau continued the same profane despiser of heavenly things. In outward prosperity and honour, the children of the covenant are often behind, and those that are out of the covenant get the start. We may suppose it a trial to the faith of God's Israel, to hear of the pomp and power of the kings of Edom, while they were bond-slaves in Egypt; but those that look for great things from God, must be content to wait for them; God's time is the best time. Mount Seir is called the land of their possession. Canaan was at this time only the land of promise. Seir was in the possession of the Edomites. The children of this world have their all in hand, and nothing in hope, Luke 16:25; while the children of God have their all in hope, and next to nothing in hand. But, all things considered, it is beyond compare better to have Canaan in promise, than mount Seir in possession.