4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. …
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Joshua thought he had taken his last farewell of Israel in the solemn charge he gave them in the foregoing chapter, when he said, I go the way of all the earth ; but God graciously continuing his life longer than expected, and renewing his strength, he was desirous to improve it for the good of Israel. He did not say, “I have taken my leave of them once, and let that serve;” but, having yet a long…
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