Genesis 32:3

32:3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead ¹  to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region ²  of Edom.

Deuteronomy 2:1

The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab

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.

Deuteronomy 33:2

33:2 He said:

A Historical Review

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.

[32:3]  ¹ tn Heb “before him.”

[32:3]  ² tn Heb “field.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Or “rose like the sun” (NCV, TEV).

[33:2]  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.

[33:2]  ⁶ tn Or “he shone forth” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[33:2]  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.

[33:2]  ⁸ tc The mispointed Hebrew term אֵשְׁדָּת (’eshdat) should perhaps be construed as אֵשְׁהַת (’eshhat) with Smr.