Joshua 24:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.  I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession. ‘ “Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Common English Bible

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Mount Seir to Esau to take over. But Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And gave him Isaac. And to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Joshua 24:4 Cross References

Genesis 32:3

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

Genesis 36:9

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Acts 7:15

and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,

Deuteronomy 2:5

Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it,  because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.