Deuteronomy 2:12 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:12

The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)

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ASV

The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them).

KJV

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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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time,.... Which is the name of a mount, and so of the country, from it; so called from Seir the Horite, who dwelt in it before it was possessed by Esau and his sons; but who the Horim or Horites were, from whence they had their name, is difficult to say; they were as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Gen 14:

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר	u.ve.se.'Ir	and in Seir	H8165 →
יָשְׁב֣וּ	ya.she.Vu	they dwelt	H3427 →
הַחֹרִים֮	ha.cho.Rim	the Horites	H2752 →
לְפָנִים֒	le.fa.Nim	<to> before	H6440 →
וּבְנֵ֧י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] descendants of	H1121 →
עֵשָׂ֣ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
יִֽירָשׁ֗וּם	yi.ra.Shum	they dispossessed them	H3423 →
וַיַּשְׁמִידוּם֙	vai.yash.mi.Dum	and they destroyed them	H8045 →
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם	mi.pe.nei.Hem	from before them	H6440 →
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ	vai.ye.she.Vu	and they dwelt	H3427 →
תַּחְתָּ֑ם	tach.Tam	in place of them	H8478 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
עָשָׂ֣ה	'a.Sah	it did	H6213 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְאֶ֙רֶץ֙	le.'E.retz	to [the] land of	H776 →
יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹ	ye.ru.sha.To	possession its	H3425 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָהֶֽם׃	la.Hem	to them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:22
  just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this…
- Genesis 21:21
  And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 12:16
  After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:3
  So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- Numbers 10:12
  and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:22
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this…
leads to
- Genesis 36:8
  So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:20–30
  These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Genesis 14:6
  and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.