Genesis - 14:6



6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 14:6.

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And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness.
and the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.
And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.
and the Horite, in the hills of Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
and the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Paran, which is in the wilderness.
Et Hori in monte suo Sehir, usque ad planitiem Pharan, quae est juxta desertum.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deuteronomy 2:22.
El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Genesis 21:21.

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 country was afterwards called Edom or Idumea, see Genesis 36:20 Deuteronomy 2:12,
unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness; so far these Horites inhabited, and the four kings smote all they met with unto this place, which was either the plain or oak of Paran, near a wilderness of the same name; the wilderness of Arabia, through which the Israelites travelled forty years, in their way to Canaan.

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