Seir
Quick Facts
- Also called
- Edom (Genesis 36:8)
- Original inhabitants
- Horites (Genesis 14:6; Genesis 36:20)
- Given to
- Esau and his descendants (Deuteronomy 2:5)
- Location reference
- Mount Seir (Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 1:2)
- Key event
- Israel commanded not to provoke Edomites dwelling in Seir (Deuteronomy 2:4-5)
Did You Know?
- The Horites originally inhabited Seir before the children of Esau dispossessed them (Deuteronomy 2:12).
- Seir is explicitly identified as the country of Edom in Genesis 32:3.
- The Israelites were commanded not to take any land in Seir because God had given it to Esau (Deuteronomy 2:5).
- A prophecy in Numbers 24:18 states that Seir shall become a possession for Israel's enemies.
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