‘And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.'
In contrast with Esau Jacob remains in the promised land. This is the crucially important statement that keeps Jacob firmly established as the inheritor of the promises. He remains where God purposes are being outworked.
This verse could well in the original tablet have immediately followed Genesis 35:29 with Genesis 36 inserted by the compiler to explain what happened to Esau before carrying on the Jacob story. Alternately it could be the conclusion to Genesis 36, for it is of similar import to Genesis 36:8. This would then make the chapter part of ‘the family history of Jacob' (Genesis 37:2 a). Jacob may well have been responsible for the tablet that recorded the Esau story as the elder brother and head of the family once Esau had died, just as Esau could have been responsible for the tablet that told the Jacob story (Genesis 36:1) because he was the elder brother and head of the family at the time. But the important fact as far as we are concerned is the fact that colophons to tablets are indicated.