Thematic Bible: Seir


Thematic Bible



Do not get involved in battle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even {a foot's breadth} [of it]; since I have given Mount Seir [as] a possession for Esau.

"Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it,

And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.


And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

So Esau dwelled in the hill country of Seir (Esau, that [is] Edom).


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

and instruct the people, {saying}, "You [are] about to cross [through] the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who are living in Seir; they will be afraid of you, and [so] be very careful. Do not get involved in battle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even {a foot's breadth} [of it]; since I have given Mount Seir [as] a possession for Esau.

The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them {from among themselves}, as Israel did with respect to the land of their possession that Yahweh gave to them.)

Edom will be a captive; Seir, its enemies, will be a captive, and Israel [will be] acting {courageously}.

just as he did for the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from {before them} and dispossessed them, and [then] they settled in their place up to this day.

Let my lord pass on before his servant and I will move along slowly at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me, and at the pace of the children until I come to my lord in Seir."

So Esau turned that day on his way to Seir.

So Esau dwelled in the hill country of Seir (Esau, that [is] Edom). Now these [are] the descendants of Esau, the father of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.


The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them {from among themselves}, as Israel did with respect to the land of their possession that Yahweh gave to them.)

And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

These [are] the sons of Seir, the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. And Lotan's sister [was] Timna. read more.
Now these [are] the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Now these [are] the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah--he [is] Anah who found the hot springs in the desert while he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. Now these [are] the sons of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. Now these [are] the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. These [are] the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. These [are] the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. These [are] the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.


And the sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

These [are] the sons of Seir, the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.


Then he said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, and he dawned upon them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holy ones, at his right hand a fiery law for them.

"[Then] we turned and set out [toward] the wilderness in the direction of the {Red Sea}, as Yahweh told me, and we went around Mount Seir [for] many days.

It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.


Just as Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did; he left nothing undone that Yahweh had commanded Moses. So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah, from Mount Halak [that] rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon {at the foot of} Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them. read more.
[For] many days Joshua made war with all these kings.


These [are] the words that Moses spoke to all [of] Israel {on the other side of} the Jordan in the desert, in the desert plateau opposite Suph, between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab. It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.


It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.