Joshua 24:4
2 And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
3 But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- KJV
- And 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.
- WEB
- I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- ASV
- And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- DARBY
- And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.
- BLB
- And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau, and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess, and Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
- ÅB
- Og Isak gav jeg Jakob og Esau, og jeg gav Esau Se'ir-fjellene til eie; men Jakob og hans barn dro ned til Egypt.
- OTB
- Til Isak ga jeg Jakob og Esau. Jeg tildelte Seirs fjelland til Esau, men Jakob og hans sønner dro ned til Egypt.
- B1930
- Og Isak gav jeg Jakob og Esau, og jeg gav Esau Se'ir-fjellene til eie; men Jakob og hans barn drog ned til Egypten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
Read in contextGenesis 25:24–26
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
Read in contextActs 7:15
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Read in contextPsalms 105:23
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Read in contextGenesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Read in contextGenesis 46:1–7
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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