Genesis 32:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Common English Bible

³ Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, the open country of Edom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir to the country of Edom:

Genesis 32:3 Cross References

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness;

Genesis 25:30

And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. )

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and slay us all, the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:7

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies,

Genesis 33:14

Let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

Genesis 33:16

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

2 Samuel 2:8

Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed, and said, “O Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

1 Chronicles 12:23

These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops, who came to David in Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.

Song of Solomon 7:1

How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.

Isaiah 21:11

The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 24:18

Edom shall be dispossessed, Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed, while Israel does valiantly.

Luke 9:52

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;

Deuteronomy 1:2

It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

Deuteronomy 2:22

as he did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them, and they dispossessed them, and settled in their stead even to this day.

Deuteronomy 2:5

do not contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

Joshua 13:30

Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities,

Joshua 24:4

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