Genesis 14:6

and the Horaee who were in the mountain of Seir, unto the plain of Paran which lieth upon the desert.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And in the fourteenth year came Kedar-laomer, and the kings who were with him, and smote the giants who were in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the mighty who were in Chemta, and the terrible ones who were in Shaveh Kiryathaim,

7And they turned, and came to the plain of the division of judgment, which is Rekam, and smote all the fields of the Amalkaah, and also the Amoraah who dwelt in Ein-gadey.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:7And the Angel of the Lord found her at the fountain of water in the wilderness, at the fountain in the way of Hagra.

Genesis 36:8And Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.

Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel went forward upon their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the Cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

Numbers 13:3And Mosheh sent them from the wilderness of Pharan, according to the Word of the Lord. All those men were heads of the children of Israel;

Deuteronomy 2:22As did the sons of Esau who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horaee from before them, and drave them out, and they have dwelt in their places unto this day.

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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