Cross reference
2 Kings 3:8
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
Numbers 21:4
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Malachi 1:2-3
2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and `gave' his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.