Esau Separates from Jacob
Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.


I. GOD REQUIRES ENTIRE DEVOTEDNESS AND FAITH. Edom is allied to the true kingdom, but is not one with it. We may keep in mind the relationship between the descendants of the two brothers, that we may learn the more clearly to distinguish the true heirs of the blessing.

II. THE TRUE BELIEVERS SET APART BY SPECIAL GRACE. The rest of the Book of Genesis follows the course of the one family in whose midst the ark of the covenant, as it were, was already resting, where was

(1) the revelation of God and

(2) the special manifestation of his favor, and out of which should come forth

(3) the people among the peoples, the kingdom among the kingdoms, the Goshen in the Egypt, the seed of life in the world of death. - R.



Parallel Verses
KJV: Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

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




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