Joshua 24:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.”
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“and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 24:4 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 25:24When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
- Genesis 25:26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
- Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Genesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 46:6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
- Genesis 46:7Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
- Deuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
- Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
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