Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, all the way to El-paran, near the desert.

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In The King James Version

And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

In Context

5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer invaded, along with the kings in his alliance. They defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

7Then they swung back through and attacked En-mishpat (otherwise known as Kadesh) and conquered the whole country belonging to the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:7The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.

Genesis 36:8Esau settled down in the hill country of Seir.

Numbers 10:12The Israelites left the Desert of Sinai and moved from place to place until the cloud stopped in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:3Moses did as the Lord had ordered and sent the men out from the Desert of Paran. They were all leaders of the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 2:22just as he'd done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites. They drove them out and settled where they used to live, and are still there to this day.

1 Chronicles 1:38The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:2-13

Lot Taken Captive. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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