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

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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.(A)

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

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Seir’s Family

20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite,(A)

the inhabitants of the land:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

These are the chiefs among the Horites,

the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

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20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

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12 The Horites(A) had previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely[a] and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land of its possession the Lord gave them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 Lit them before them

12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

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He said:

The Lord came from Sinai
and appeared to them from Seir;(A)
he shone on them from Mount Paran(B)
and came with ten thousand holy ones,[a]
with lightning[b] from his right hand[c] for them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 33:2 LXX reads Mount Paran with ten thousands from Kadesh
  2. 33:2 Or fiery law; Hb obscure
  3. 33:2 Or ones, from his southland to the mountain slopes

And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

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Lord, when you came from Seir,(A)
when you marched from the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,(B)
the skies poured(C) rain,
and the clouds poured water.

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Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

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“Son of man, face Mount Seir(A) and prophesy against it. Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Look! I am against you, Mount Seir.
I will stretch out my hand against you
and make you a desolate waste.(B)

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Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

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I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.(A)

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Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

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15 Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

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15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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