Verse 4

And to Isaac, I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'
  • Gen 36:8 : 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
  • Gen 25:24-26 : 24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau. 26 After that, his brother came out with his hand grasping Esau's heel. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
  • Acts 7:15 : 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.
  • Ps 105:23 : 23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
  • Gen 32:3 : 3 When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's camp.' So he named that place Mahanaim (Two Camps).
  • Gen 46:1-7 : 1 Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.' 3 God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.' 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand. 5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the sons of Israel transported their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt. 7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters, and all his descendants.