KJV King James Version
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
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Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
WEB World English Bible
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
ASV American Standard Version
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which is by the wilderness;
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
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Deuteronomy 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:Deuteronomy 2:12The 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.Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.Numbers 12:16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.Numbers 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men [were] heads of the children of Israel.Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.Genesis 16:7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.Genesis 36:20-30These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,1 Chronicles 1:38-42And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
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