Joshua 24:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
וָאֶתֵּ֣ן לְיִצְחָ֔ק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְאֶת־עֵשָׂ֑ו וָאֶתֵּ֨ן לְעֵשָׂ֜ו אֶת־הַ֤ר שֵׂעִיר֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אוֹת֔וֹ וְיַעֲקֹ֥ב וּבָנָ֖יו יָרְד֥וּ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 36:8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.
- Deut 2:5Take ye then good heed that you stir not against them. For I will not give you of their land so much as the step of one foot can tread upon, because I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a possession.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.
- Gen 25:24And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.
- Gen 25:26Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him.
- Ps 105 (104):23
- Gen 46:1And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,
- Gen 46:7His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.