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

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Jacob sent messengers(A) ahead of him to his brother Esau(B) in the land of Seir,(C) the country of Edom.(D)

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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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So Esau(A) (that is, Edom)(B) settled in the hill country of Seir.(C)

This is the account(D) of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites(E) in the hill country of 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 were the sons of Seir the Horite,(A) who were living in the region:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,(B) 21 Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.(C)

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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 Horites(A) used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did(B) in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.)

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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

He said:

“The Lord came from Sinai(A)
    and dawned over them from Seir;(B)
    he shone forth(C) from Mount Paran.(D)
He came with[a] myriads of holy ones(E)
    from the south, from his mountain slopes.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:2 Or from
  2. Deuteronomy 33:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

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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“When you, Lord, went out(A) from Seir,(B)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,(C) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.(D)

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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 your face against Mount Seir;(A) prophesy against it and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand(B) against you and make you a desolate waste.(C)

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

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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 Because you rejoiced(A) when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir,(B) you and all of Edom.(C) Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

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