'Country' in the Bible

And their dwelling [place] {extended from} Mesha {in the direction of} Sephar [to] the hill country of the east.

And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh.

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

And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Then Laban said, "{It is not the custom} in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.

Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

Then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him, a seven-day journey, and he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his kinsmen pitched [their tents] in the hill country of Gilead.

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.