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Genesis 14:6

El-paranSeir

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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BSB
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
KJV
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
WEB
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
ASV
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
DARBY
and the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.
BLB
and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness.
ÅB
og horittene på deres fjell - Se'ir-fjellene - like til El-Paran ved utkanten av ørkenen.
OTB
og horittene i deres fjellområde Se'ir, like til El-Paran ved ørkenen.
B1930
og horittene på deres fjell - Se'ir-fjellene - like til El-Paran ved utkanten av ørkenen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 2:22

    As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

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  • Deuteronomy 2:12

    The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

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  • Genesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Numbers 12:16

    And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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  • Numbers 13:3

    And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

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  • Genesis 36:20–30

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

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  • Genesis 16:7

    And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

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