Genesis 32:3

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, going as far as El Paran on the edge of the desert.

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me have the whole pot of red stuff to eat—that red stuff—I’m exhausted.” This is why he was called Edom.

Genesis 32:11

Please save me from my brother Esau, because I’m afraid of him. I’m afraid that he’ll come and attack me and the mothers and children too.

Genesis 32:7

Jacob was terrified and distressed. So he divided the people, the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels into two camps.

Genesis 33:14

Go ahead of me, sir. I will slowly and gently guide the herds that are in front of me at their pace and at the children’s pace until I come to you in Seir.”

Genesis 33:16

That day Esau started back to Seir.

2 Samuel 2:8

Ner’s son Abner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth  and brought him to Mahanaim.

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, please open his eyes so that he may see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and let him see. The mountain around Elisha was full of fiery horses and chariots.

1 Chronicles 12:23

These are the numbers of the men equipped for war. The men joined David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingship over to David, as the Lord had said.

Song of Solomon 7:1

How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, noble daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, like the work of an artist’s hands.

Isaiah 21:11

This is the divine revelation about Dumah. Someone is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, how much of the night is left? Watchman, how much of the night is left?”

Jeremiah 49:7

This is what the Lord of Armies says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?

Malachi 3:1

“I’m going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way ahead of me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the promise  will come. He is the one you want,” says the Lord of Armies.

Numbers 24:18

Edom will be conquered, and Seir, his enemy, will be conquered. So Israel will become wealthy.

Luke 9:52

He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay.

Deuteronomy 1:2

(It takes 11 days to go from Mount Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir.)

Deuteronomy 2:22

The Lord did the same thing for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir. Before the descendants of Esau came, he wiped out the Horites so that Esau’s descendants claimed their land and took their place. Esau’s descendants are still there today.

Deuteronomy 2:5

Don’t start a fight with them, because I’m not giving you any of their land—not even enough to stand on. I’ve given Esau’s descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property.

Joshua 13:30

Their territory extended from Mahanaim and included all of Bashan (the whole kingdom of King Og of Bashan) and all 60 settlements of Jair that were in Bashan.

Joshua 24:4

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the mountains in Seir as his own. However, Jacob and his sons went to Egypt.