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Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Israel's occupation of their country
And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully.
But upon the mount Zion, there shall a remnant escape: these shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess even those, that had themselves afore in possession. Moreover, the house of Jacob shall be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau the straw: which they shall kindle and consume, so that nothing shall be left of the house of Esau, for the LORD himself hath said it. They of the South shall have the mount of Esau in possession. And look: what lieth upon the ground, that shall the Philistines have. The plain fields shall Ephraim and Samaria possess: and the mountains of Gilead shall Benjamin have.
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea » Later inhabited by the descendants of esau after they destroyed the horim people
Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom.
And warn the people, saying: Ye shall go through the coasts of your brethren the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you: But take good heed unto yourselves that ye provoke them not, for I will not give you of their land, no not so much as a foot breadth: because I have given mount Seir unto Esau to possess.
In like manner the Horites dwelt in Seir, before time: which the children of Esau cast out, and destroyed them before them, and dwelt there in their stead: as Israel did in the land of his possession which the LORD gave them.
And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully.
as he did for the children of Esau which dwell in Seir; even as he destroyed the Horites before them, and they cast them out and dwell in their stead unto this day.
Let my lord therefore go before his servant and I will drive fair and softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children, be able to endure: until I come to my lord unto Seir."
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir, which Esau is called Edom. These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites, in mount Seir,