Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
BSB
ASV
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
KJV
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
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2 Chronicles 20:10And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them…
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But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the…
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
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Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
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Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
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Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.