Joshua 24:4

And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

In The 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.

In Context

3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

5And I sent Moses and Aaron, troubling Egypt by all the signs I did among them: and after that I took you out.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:24And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.

Genesis 32:3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

Genesis 36:9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:

Genesis 46:6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

Deuteronomy 2:5Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

Acts 7:15And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:2-15

Joshua's Farewell Address to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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