Genesis 36:7

Conservative English Version

He did this because the land was too crowded and could not support him and his brother with their flocks and herds.

Cross References

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself, and as he started toward the east, he and Abram separated.

Genesis 13:6

At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the same area, and so there wasn't enough pastureland left for Abram and Lot with all of their animals. Besides this, the men who took care of Abram's animals and the ones who took care of Lot's animals started quarreling.

Genesis 17:8

I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.

Genesis 28:4

May he bless you with the land he gave Abraham, so that you will take over this land where we now live as foreigners.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

Psalm 39:12

"Listen, LORD, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did.

Jeremiah 35:7

or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time."

Hebrews 11:9

Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.