Joshua 24:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.
  • Gen 36:8 : 8 So Esau(also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.
  • Gen 25:24-26 : 24 When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau. 26 When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
  • Acts 7:15 : 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,
  • Ps 105:23 : 23 Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
  • Gen 32:3 : 3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.
  • Gen 46:1-7 : 1 The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!” 3 He 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 with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him. 6 Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt. 7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters– all his descendants.

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  • Josh 24:3
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    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Gen 35:12
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    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Isaac’s Descendants Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 28:4-6
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    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

    5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

    6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”

  • Deut 2:4-5
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    4Instruct these people as follows:‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

    5Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

  • Gen 48:4-5
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    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

    5“Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

  • Josh 24:5
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    5I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out.

  • Gen 36:8-9
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    8So Esau(also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.

    9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.

  • Deut 2:12
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    12Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the LORD gave them.)

  • Num 24:18
    72%

    18Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly.

  • Gen 46:4
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    4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

  • Gen 48:22
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    22As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

  • Gen 28:13
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    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.

  • Gen 32:3
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    3Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

  • Gen 27:37
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    37Isaac replied to Esau,“Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

  • Heb 11:20
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    20By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Deut 2:29
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    29just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the LORD our God is giving us.”

  • Gen 36:6
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    6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother

  • Exod 6:4
    71%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

  • Gen 25:33
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    33But Jacob said,“Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

  • Deut 1:8
    71%

    8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”