KJV King James Version
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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Joshua 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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וָאֶתֵּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְיִצְחָ֔קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]יַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵשָׂ֑וH6215 · e.savEsauוָאֶתֵּ֨ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְעֵשָׂ֜וH6215 · e.savEsauאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַ֤רH2022 · harmountain: mountשֵׂעִיר֙H8165 · se.irSeirלָרֶ֣שֶׁתH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessאוֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וְיַעֲקֹ֥בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוּבָנָ֖יוH1121 · benson: childיָרְד֥וּH3381 · ya.radto go downמִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.Genesis 25:24-26And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb.Acts 7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,Genesis 46:1-7And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.Psalm 105:23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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