Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessenger

and command the people, saying, "You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

The Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave to them.) Verse ConceptsGod Gave The Land

Edom shall be a possession,
Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession,
While Israel performs valiantly.
Verse ConceptsPeople Overcoming

just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day. Verse ConceptsWhere People Live To This Day

Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.” Verse ConceptsSlownessPeople Going Before

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. Verse ConceptsIndividuals going homefriendliness

So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom. These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.