Joshua 24:4

Joshua 24:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

Context of Joshua 24:4

2Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. 3Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. 6I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

Joshua 24:4 word by word

וָאֶתֵּ֣ן לְיִצְחָ֔ק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְאֶת־עֵשָׂ֑ו וָאֶתֵּ֨ן לְעֵשָׂ֜ו אֶת־הַ֤ר שֵׂעִיר֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אוֹת֔וֹ וְיַעֲקֹ֥ב וּבָנָ֖יו יָרְד֥וּ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• To Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
• I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• and Esauעֵשָׂו‛êώâv · EsauH6215
• Mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Seirשֵׂעִירώê‛îyr · SeirH8165
• to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• wentיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Joshua 24:4

• Genesis 25:24When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
• Genesis 32:3Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
• Genesis 36:8So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
• Deuteronomy 2:5do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
• Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
• Psalms 105:23Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
• Acts 7:15And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Jacob and Esau: See Genesis 25:19–26. Mount Seir was in the center of Edom, where those who descended from Esau lived (Genesis 36:8–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I gave unto Esau mount Seir--(See on Ge 36:8). In order that he might be no obstacle to Jacob and his posterity being the exclusive heirs of Canaan.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:4

• Isaac
• Jacob
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Esau
• Isaac
• Jacob
• Seir
• Joshua
• Serve
• Shechem
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings