The verse belongs to the record of Esau, who is Edom, and the descendants and nations that sprang from him. That record occupies almost the whole chapter, which is given almost entirely to the descendants of Esau.
Its setting falls ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. At that time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, and Benjamin was a small child two to four years old.
The verse belongs to the record of Esau, who is Edom, and the descendants and nations that sprang from him. That record occupies almost the whole chapter, which is given almost entirely to the descendants of Esau.
Its setting falls ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. At that time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, and Benjamin was a small child two to four years old.