King James Version

Genesis 36:8

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

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וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…עֵשָׂו֙esavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.בְּהַ֣רbeharin hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.שֵׂעִ֔ירseirSeirשֵׂעִירnoun, proper name — “Seir”H8165Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in PalestineSeir.עֵשָׂ֖וesavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.ה֥וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.אֱדֽוֹםedomEdomאֱדֹםnoun, proper name — “Edom”H123Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by himEdom, Edomites, Idumea.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir — Esau is Edom.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

World English Bible

Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

Darby Translation

Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.

Douay-Rheims

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir — Esau is Edom.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατῴκησε δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σηείρ· Ἡσαῦ αὐτός ἐστιν Ἐδώμ.