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Selected Verse: Joshua 24:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 24:4 |
King James |
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I gave unto Esau mount Seir--(See on Gen 36:8). In order that he might be no obstacle to Jacob and his posterity being the exclusive heirs of Canaan. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mount Seir - That he might leave Canaan entire to his brother Jacob and his posterity, Gen 36:7-8. Into Egypt - Where they long lived in grievous bondage; which God having delivered us from, I shall now pass it over. |
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.