Places
Seir
Seir is the mountainous region of Edom where Esau settles away from Jacob; Genesis 36 lists both Horite and Edomite clans there.
Category
Places
First mention
Genesis 14:6
Tags
2
Genesis 14, 32, 36Region
Scripture references
- Genesis 14:6
the Horites in the mountainous district of Seir...
- Genesis 32:4
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Seir, the open country of Edom,
- Genesis 36:6
Esau took his wives, his sons and daughters, all the members of his household, his livestock, all his cattle and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan and left for Seir, away from his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 36:8
That is why Edom settled in the mountainous region of Seir. Esau is Edom.