Joshua 24:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

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

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Genesis 36:9

These are the descendants of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Psalm 127:3

Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Acts 7:15

and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers,

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.