And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Horites in their Mount Seir,.... Or the Horim who dwelt in Mount Seir, so called from Seir the Horite, who continued here till they were drove out by the sons of Esau or Edom, from whom their…
- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y, “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Dan 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār…
Adam Clarke
The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deu 2:22.
El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Gen 21:21.
We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram…
Cambridge Bible
the Horites Mentioned also in Gen 36:20-21; Gen 36:30, and in Deu 2:12; Deu 2:22, where they are described as having been dispossessed of the country of Seir, the hill country between the Dead Sea and…
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