Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

雅各打发人先往西珥地去，就是以东地，见他哥哥以扫，

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以东地他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以东地他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各先派人到西珥，就是以东，去见他哥哥以扫，

雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以东的地区，他的哥哥以扫那里去，

雅各派使者们在他之前，到以东境内的西珥地，去他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以東地他哥哥以掃那裏。

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以東地他哥哥以掃那裏。

雅各先派人到西珥，就是以東，去見他哥哥以掃，

雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以東的地區，他的哥哥以掃那裡去，

雅各打發使者在他前面、往西珥地，以東鄉間，去見他哥哥以掃。

雅各派使者們在他之前，到以東境內的西珥地，去他哥哥以掃那裡。

雅各遣人、先往西珥地以東田、見兄以掃、

遂遣人先往西耳地以東田、見兄以掃、

雅各遂遣人先往西珥地以東田、見兄以掃、

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau. Esau lived in the land of Seir. It was also called the country of Edom.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of himself to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

He said to Jacob,“ Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession.“‘ Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.

Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.

Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.

Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.So Esau( that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

He sent messengers ahead of himself, and on the way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make preparations for him.

This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them; they drove them out and have lived in their place until now.

That day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart,“ The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him,“ Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.

“ See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in— see, he is coming,” says the LORD of Armies.

“ Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.