And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
- BSB and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
- NKJV and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
- NASB and the Horites on their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
- NLT and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.
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Quick answer
They also struck the Horites in Mount Seir as far as El Paran. The campaign extends through the southern wilderness.
Overview
Continuing south, the eastern kings defeat the Horites of Seir, the region later associated with Edom. The sweeping itinerary shows the breadth and success of their conquest. Such overwhelming force sets the stage for the surprising deliverance God will accomplish through Abram.
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- Deut 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
- Gen 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Deut 2:12The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
- Num 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
- Num 12:16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Chr 1:38–42And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
- Gen 16:7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Num 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
- Gen 36:20–30These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Gen 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- Hab 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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