Genesis 32:3

Easy To Read Version

Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir. This area was the hill country of Edom. [190] Jacob sent messengers to Esau.

Cross References

Genesis 14:6

And they defeated the Horite people who lived in the area from the hill country of Seir [79] to El Paran. [80] (El Paran is near the desert.)

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “I am weak with hunger. Let me have some of those red beans.” (That is why people call him Edom. [148])

Genesis 32:11

I ask you to please save me from my brother. Save me from Esau. I am afraid of him. I am afraid that he will come and kill all of us, even the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:7

That message scared Jacob. He divided the people who were with him into two groups. He divided all the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups.

Genesis 33:14

So you go on ahead. I will follow you slowly. I will go slow enough for the cattle and other animals to be safe. And I will go slow enough so that my children will not become too tired. I will meet you in Seir.”

Genesis 33:16

So that day Esau started on his trip back to Seir.

2 Samuel 2:8

Abner son of Ner was the captain of Saul’s army. Abner took Saul’s son Ish Bosheth to Mahanaim

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed and said, “Lord, I ask you, open my servant’s eyes so he can see.”

1 Chronicles 12:23

These are the numbers of the men that came to David at the town of Hebron. These men were ready for war. They came to give Saul’s kingdom to David. That is what the Lord said would happen. This is their number:

Isaiah 21:11

The sad message about Dumah. {\cf2\super [208]}

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is about Edom.

Malachi 3:1

The Lord All-Powerful says, “I am sending my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly, the Master you are looking for will come to his temple. {\cf2\super [16]} Yes, the messenger of the \{New\} Agreement that you want really is coming!

Numbers 24:18

Israel will grow strong! He will get the land of Edom. He will get the land of Seir, [303] his enemy.

Luke 9:52

Jesus sent some men ahead of him. The men went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for Jesus.

Deuteronomy 1:2

The trip from Mount Horeb (Sinai) through the Seir mountains to Kadesh Barnea takes only eleven days.

Deuteronomy 2:22

God did the same thing for Esau’s people. In the past, the Horite people lived in Seir (Edom). But Esau’s people destroyed the Horites, and Esau’s descendants still live there today.

Deuteronomy 2:5

Don’t fight them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it. Why? Because I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to keep as his own.

Joshua 13:30

The land started at Mahanaim. The land included all of Bashan, all the land ruled by Og, king of Bashan, all the towns of Jair in Bashan. (In all, there were 60 cities.)

Joshua 24:4

And I gave Isaac two sons named Jacob and Esau. To Esau, I gave the land around the mountains of Seir. Jacob and his sons did not live there. They went to live in the land of Egypt.