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Selected Verse: Joshua 24:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 24:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714]. |
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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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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 [03427] Esau [06215] in mount [02022] Seir [08165]: Esau [06215] is Edom [0123].
7 For their riches [07399] were more [07227] than that they might dwell [03427] together [03162]; and the land [0776] wherein they were strangers [04033] could [03201] not bear [05375] them because [06440] of their cattle [04735].
8 Thus dwelt [03427] Esau [06215] in mount [02022] Seir [08165]: Esau [06215] is Edom [0123].