Joshua 24:4

And I gaue vnto Izhak, Iaakob and Esau: and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: but Iaakob and his children went downe into Egypt.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt: and when I had so done among them, I brought you out.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:24Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.

Genesis 32:3Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:

Genesis 36:9So these are the generations of Esau father of Edom in mount Seir.

Genesis 46:6And they tooke their cattell and their goods, which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and came into Egypt, both Iaakob and all his seede with him,

Deuteronomy 2:5Ye shall not prouoke them: for I wil not giue you of their land so much as a foot breadth, because I haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for a possession.

Acts 7:15So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and 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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