32:3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead 1 to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region 2 of Edom.
2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea 3 just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
The Lord came from Sinai
and revealed himself 4 to Israel 5 from Seir.
He appeared in splendor 6 from Mount Paran,
and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. 7
With his right hand he gave a fiery law 8 to them.
1 tn Heb “before him.”
2 tn Heb “field.”
3 tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.
4 tn Or “rose like the sun” (NCV, TEV).
5 tc Heb “to him.” The LXX reads “to us” (לָנוּ [lanu] for לָמוֹ [lamo]), the reading of the MT is acceptable since it no doubt has in mind Israel as a collective singular.
6 tn Or “he shone forth” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
7 tc With slight alteration (מִמְרִבַת קָדֵשׁ [mimrivat qadesh] for the MT’s מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ [merivvot qodesh]) the translation would be “from Meribah Kadesh” (cf. NAB, NLT; see Deut 32:51). However, the language of holy war in the immediate context favors the reading of the MT, which views the Lord as accompanied by angelic hosts.
8 tc The mispointed Hebrew term אֵשְׁדָּת (’eshdat) should perhaps be construed as אֵשְׁהַת (’eshhat) with Smr.