'Area' in the Bible

The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, "You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.