Genesis 7:20

7:20 The waters rose more than twenty feet ¹  above the mountains. ² 

Genesis 10:30

10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to ³  Sephar in the eastern hills.

Genesis 36:8-9

36:8 So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir. ⁴ 

36:9 This is the account of Esau, the father ⁵  of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “rose fifteen cubits.” Since a cubit is considered by most authorities to be about eighteen inches, this would make the depth 22.5 feet. This figure might give the modern reader a false impression of exactness, however, so in the translation the phrase “fifteen cubits” has been rendered “more than twenty feet.”

[7:20]  ² tn Heb “the waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward and they covered the mountains.” Obviously, a flood of twenty feet did not cover the mountains; the statement must mean the flood rose about twenty feet above the highest mountain.

[10:30]  ³ tn Heb “as you go.”

[36:8]  ⁵ tn Traditionally “Mount Seir,” but in this case the expression בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר (bÿhar se’ir) refers to the hill country or highlands of Seir.

[36:9]  ⁷ sn The term father in genealogical records needs to be carefully defined. It can refer to a literal father, a grandfather, a political overlord, or a founder.