³ And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

⁴ 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.

³⁰ and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I `am' weary;' therefore hath `one' called his name Edom `Red';

⁵ ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

¹⁴ Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which `is' before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'

⁶ and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which `is' by the wilderness;

³¹ `Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

³² and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

⁵² and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

¹ Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

²² as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.

⁶ And Esau taketh his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he hath acquired in the land of Canaan, and goeth into the country from the face of Jacob his brother;

⁷ for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

⁸ and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

⁹ And these `are' births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

¹⁶ And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

⁴¹ And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning `for' my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'

⁴² And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee -- to slay thee;