Genesis 14:6
in Genesis 14and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
KJV
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
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This verse in Genesis 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the Horites in the mountains of Seir. Indeed, these mountains, along with the neighboring regions, were possessed by the sons of Esau, who was also called Seir, because he was hairy, after the Horites were expelled.
This site's exposition
the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim
on Genesis 14:5-7
Chedorlaomer comes down the east side and defeats the Rephaites, the Zuzites, the Emites and the Horites before he turns toward Sodom. Deuteronomy 2:10 and 11 count the Emites among the Rephaites and call them as tall as the Anakites, and Israel will meet these nations on this ground. Amalek is born at 36:12, and the land already carries his name.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), upon the alarm of which it had been the wisdom of the king of Sodom to submit, and desire conditions of peace; for how could he grapple with an enemy thus flushed with victory? But he would rather venture the utmost extremity than yield, and it sped accordingly. Quos Deus destruet eos dementat--Those whom God means to destroy he delivers up to infatuation.
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And the Horites in their Mount Seir,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deu 2:22. El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Gen 21:21.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֹרִ֖י | hachori | the Horite[s] | H2752 → | 6 times |
| בְּהַרְרָ֣ם | beharam | in hill country of their | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שֵׂעִ֑יר | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
| עַ֚ד | ʾad | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֵ֣יל | ʾeil | El | H364 → | |
| פָּארָ֔ן | paran | Paran | H364 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | hamidbar | the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחֹרִ֖יthe Horite[s]
hachoriH2752 →6 times
בְּהַרְרָ֣םin hill country of their
beharamH2022 →546 times
שֵׂעִ֑ירSeir
seirH8165 →39 times
עַ֚דto
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אֵ֣ילEl
ʾeilH364 →
פָּארָ֔ןParan
paranH364 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃the wilderness
hamidbarH4057 →270 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:12The 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…
it 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…
- Deuteronomy 2:22
Through
Numbers 12:16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
it leads to
- Numbers 11:35
From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
- 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,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 33:18
They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
- 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.
- Numbers 11:35
Through
Numbers 13:3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Numbers 12:16
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 32:8
Through
Deuteronomy 2:22just 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…
it leads to
- Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.