³ Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother ^(A)in the land of Seir, ^(B)the ^[a]country of Edom.

The Family of Esau^(A)

36 Now this is the genealogy of Esau, ^(B)who is Edom.

⁸ So Esau dwelt in ^(A)Mount Seir. ^(B)Esau is Edom.

⁸ So Esau dwelt in ^(A)Mount Seir. ^(B)Esau is Edom.

⁹ And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.

¹⁹ These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.

Passage Through Edom Refused

^14 (A)Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of ^(B)Edom. ^(C)“Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

⁷ “You shall not abhor an Edomite, ^(A)for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because ^(B)you were an alien in his land.

^21 (A)Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon;

¹¹ Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab, among the Ammonites, in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,