and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.
Genesis 36:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom. American Standard Version (1901) And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. Common English Bible So Esau, that is, Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir. Catholic Public Domain Version And Esau lived at mount Seir: he is Edom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom. |
and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.
He said to Jacob, ‘Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.’ That is why he was also named Edom.
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.
He commanded them, ‘You are to say to my lord Esau, “This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now.
chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are Edom’s chiefs, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was father of the Edomites.
These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.
Now five hundred men from these sons of Simeon went with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the descendants of Ishi, as their leaders to Mount Seir.
Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.
When all the Judeans in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in all the other lands also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them,
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord; an envoy has been sent among the nations: ‘Rise up, and let’s go to war against her.’
Your arrogant heart has deceived you, you who live in clefts of the rock ,, in your home on the heights, who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground? ’
but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.’
This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them; they drove them out and have lived in their place until now.
Command the people: You are about to travel through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful.
Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession. ‘ “Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.
When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.