Genesis 14:6
Context14:6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert. 1
Genesis 33:14
Context33:14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, 2 until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Genesis 33:16
Context33:16 So that same day Esau made his way back 3 to Seir.
Genesis 36:6-8
Context36:6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from 4 Jacob his brother 36:7 because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled 5 was not able to support them because of their livestock. 36:8 So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir. 6
Deuteronomy 2:5
Context2:5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir 7 as an inheritance for Esau.
Deuteronomy 2:22
Context2:22 This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.
Joshua 24:4
Context24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, 8 while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
[14:6] 1 sn The line of attack ran down the eastern side of the Jordan Valley into the desert, and then turned and came up the valley to the cities of the plain.
[33:14] 2 tn Heb “and I, I will move along according to my leisure at the foot of the property which is before me and at the foot of the children.”
[33:16] 3 tn Heb “returned on his way.”
[36:6] 4 tn Heb “from before.”
[36:7] 5 tn Heb “land of their settlements.”
[36:8] 6 tn Traditionally “Mount Seir,” but in this case the expression בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר (bÿhar se’ir) refers to the hill country or highlands of Seir.