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Horites
The Horites were a people who lived in the region of Mount Seir before the descendants of Esau arrived. They appear in Genesis and Deuteronomy, which record that they were later displaced by, or absorbed into, the Edomites.
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- El-paranBible
El-paran is a place name that occurs only once in the Bible, in Genesis 14:6. It is recorded as the southernmost point reached by the coalition of Chedorlaomer as it struck the Horites of Mount Seir, and it lay at the edge of the Wilderness of Paran.
- Genesis 36Bible
Genesis 36 is a genealogy recording the wives and descendants of Esau (Edom), his move to Mount Seir, the Horites who lived in that land before him, and the eight kings and the chiefs of Edom.
- Mount SeirBible
Mount Seir is a mountainous region south of the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament it designates the land settled by Esau and his descendants, the Edomites. Also called "the land of Seir" or simply "Seir," it is often used as a synonym for Edom.
- Wilderness of ParanBible
The Wilderness of Paran is a wilderness generally identified with the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. Scripture presents it as the place where Ishmael grew up and where Israel, after the Exodus, encamped and sent spies into Canaan.
- ParanBible
Paran is a wilderness region generally thought to have lain in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. Ishmael grew up there, and after the Exodus Israel encamped there and sent out the twelve spies from it.
Verses in the King James Version 3, showing 3
- Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Genesis 36:21
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:29
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
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