Elath (Akaba) is at the northern extremity of the eastern arm of the Red Sea, and gives to that arm the name of the Elanitic Gulf. The name means “…

When we passed ... from ... Esau ... through the way of the plain from Elath. —The route from Seir, after Esau’s refusal,…

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,
which dwelt in Self
Alo…

We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these: the Caphtorims drove the Avims o…