John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in Mount Seir ,.... Before he is said to be in the land of Seir, Genesis 32:3 ; now to dwell in a mount of that name; from which driving the Horites, he seized upon and dwelt in it; it had not its name from his own rough, shaggy hair, as Josephus says F18 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 20. sect. 3. , much less from the satyrs, and hairy demons that frequented it, as R. Abraham Seba F19 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 47. 1. , but rather from Seir the Horite who inhabited the land, ... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ,.... And therefore it was proper to part, as Abraham and Lot had done before, Genesis 13:6 , and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because of their cattle ; their cattle were so numerous that they could not get pasturage for them, there not being enough left them by the inhabitants of it for them to occupy; nor could they hire land of them sufficient for them both; they being not possessors but... read more