Genesis 14:6

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“and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.”

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BSBPD

“and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which <FI>is<Fi> by the wilderness;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 14:6 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
  2. Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  3. Genesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
  4. Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  5. Numbers 10:12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
  6. Numbers 12:16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
  7. Numbers 13:3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
  8. Deuteronomy 2:12The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
  9. Deuteronomy 2:22just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
  10. 1 Kings 11:18Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
  11. 1 Chronicles 1:38The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
  12. Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

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