Deuteronomy 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a regel (foot) breadth; because I have given Mt Se'ir unto Esav for a yerushah (possession, inheritance).
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Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esav in har Se'ir; Esav is Edom.
Deuteronomy 32:8When HaElyon divided to the Goyim their nachalah, 1 when He separated the Bnei Adam, 1 He set the gevulot (borders) of the people 1 according to the number of the Bnei Yisroel. 1
2 Chronicles 20:10And now, hinei, the Bnei Ammon and Moav and Mt Se'ir, whom Thou wouldest not let Yisroel invade, when they came out of Eretz Mitzrayim, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not,
Ezekiel 35:2Ben adam, set thy face against Har Se'ir, and prophesy against it,
Daniel 4:32And all the inhabitants of ha'aretz are considered as nothing, 1 and He doeth according to His will in the Tzivos HaShomayim, 1 and among the inhabitants of ha'aretz; 1 and none can restrain His hand, 1 or say unto Him: What doest Thou?
Acts 17:26And Hashem made from one ancestor every nation of anashim dwelling pnei kol haAretz. And Hashem has set the zmanim and the fixed boundaries of their habitations, + 17:26 Dt 32:8; Job 12:23
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:2-8
The Seed of Esau and Lot Spared. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5… Read the whole commentary →