Genesis 32:3

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.

Genesis 25:30

and said to Jacob, “I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff.” (That is why he was named Edom.)

Genesis 32:11

Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid—afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.

Genesis 32:7

Jacob was frightened and worried. He divided into two groups the people who were with him, and also his sheep, goats, cattle, and camels.

Genesis 33:14

Please go on ahead of me, and I will follow slowly, going as fast as I can with the livestock and the children until I catch up with you in Edom.”

Genesis 33:16

So that day Esau started on his way back to Edom.

2 Samuel 2:8

The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.

2 Kings 6:17

Then he prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord answered his prayer, and Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

1 Chronicles 12:23

When David was at Hebron, many trained soldiers joined his army to help make him king in place of Saul, as the Lord had promised. Their numbers were as follows: Judah: 6,800 well-equipped men, armed with shields and spears; Simeon: 7,100 well-trained men; Levi: 4,600 men; Followers of Jehoiada, descendant of Aaron: 3,700 men; Relatives of Zadok, an able young fighter: 22 leading men; Benjamin (Saul's own tribe): 3,000 men (most of the people of Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul); Ephraim: 20,800 men famous in their own clans; West Manasseh: 18,000 men chosen to go and make David king; Issachar: 200 leaders, together with the men under their command (these leaders knew what Israel should do and the best time to do it); Zebulun: 50,000 loyal and reliable men ready to fight, trained to use all kinds of weapons; Naphtali: 1,000 leaders, together with 37,000 men armed with shields and spears; Dan: 28,600 trained men; Asher: 40,000 men ready for battle; Tribes east of the Jordan—Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh: 120,000 men trained to use all kinds of weapons.

Song of Solomon 7:1

What a magnificent young woman you are! How beautiful are your feet in sandals. The curve of your thighs is like the work of an artist.

Isaiah 21:11

This is a message about Edom. Someone calls to me from Edom, “Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end.”

Jeremiah 49:7

This is what the Lord Almighty said about Edom: “Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?

Malachi 3:1

The Lord Almighty answers, “I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger you long to see will come and proclaim my covenant.”

Numbers 24:18

He will conquer his enemies in Edom And make their land his property, While Israel continues victorious.

Luke 9:52

He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him.

Deuteronomy 1:2

It takes eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh Barnea by way of the hill country of Edom.)

Deuteronomy 2:22

The Lord had done the same thing for the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in the hill country of Edom. He destroyed the Horites, so that the Edomites took over their land and settled there, where they still live.

Deuteronomy 2:5

but you must not start a war with them, because I am not going to give you so much as a square foot of their land. I have given Edom to Esau's descendants.

Joshua 13:30

Their territory extended to Mahanaim and included all of Bashan—the whole kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, as well as all sixty of the villages of Jair in Bashan.

Joshua 24:4

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Edom as his possession, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.