Thesethen are [the records of] the generationsof Esauthe fatherof the Edomitesin the hillcountryof Seir.
The firstbornborea son,and calledhis nameMoab;he is the fatherof the Moabitesto this day.
Then Jacobsentmessengersbeforehim to his brotherEsauin the landof Seir,the countryof Edom.
He also commandedthem saying,"Thusyou shall sayto my lordEsau:'Thussaysyour servantJacob,"I have sojournedwith Laban,and stayeduntilnow;
Theseare the namesof Esau'ssons:Eliphazthe sonof Esau'swifeAdah,Reuelthe sonof Esau'swifeBasemath.
chiefMagdiel,chiefIram.Theseare the chiefsof Edom(that is, Esau,the fatherof the Edomites),according to their habitationsin the landof their possession.
So Esaulivedin the hillcountryof Seir;Esauis Edom.
From them, from the sonsof Simeon,fivehundredmenwentto MountSeir,with Pelatiah,Neariah,Rephaiahand Uzziel,the sonsof Ishi,as their leaders.
The visionof Obadiah.Thussaysthe LordGODconcerning Edom--We have hearda reportfrom the LORD,And an envoyhas been sentamong the nations[saying], "Ariseand let us goagainsther for battle"--
do not provokethem, for I will not giveyou anyof their land,even[as little as] a footstepbecauseI have givenMountSeirto Esauas a possession.
To IsaacI gaveJacoband Esau,and to EsauI gaveMountSeirto possessit; but Jacoband his sonswentdownto Egypt.
