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Gen 32:3 — And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

sent		Mal 3:1; Luk 9:52; Luk 14:31,32
land		The land, or mountains, of Seir was situated south and east of the Dead Sea; forming a continuation of the eastern Syrian chain of mountains, beginning with Antilibanus, and extending from thence to the eastern gulf of the Red Sea.
Seir		Gen 14:6; Gen 33:14,16; Gen 36:6-8; Deu 2:5,22; Jos 24:4
country		Heb. field.
Edom		Gen 25:30

Correlating Passages

sent

	Mal 3:1	Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
	Luk 9:52	And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
	Luk 14:31	Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
	Luk 14:32	Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

Seir

	Gen 14:6	And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
	Gen 33:14	Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
	Gen 33:16	So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
	Gen 36:6	And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
	Gen 36:7	For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
	Gen 36:8	Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.
	Deu 2:5	Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.
	Deu 2:22	As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
	Jos 24:4	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.

Edom

Gen 25:30

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 32:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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