Genesis 36:7

Good News Translation

He left because the land where he and Jacob were living was not able to support them; they had too much livestock and could no longer stay together.

Cross References

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.

Genesis 13:6

And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.

Genesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 28:4

May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!”

1 Chronicles 29:15

You know, O Lord, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry; come to my aid when I weep. Like all my ancestors I am only your guest for a little while.

Jeremiah 35:7

He also told us not to build houses or farm the land and not to plant vineyards or buy them. He commanded us always to live in tents, so that we might remain in this land where we live like strangers.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.