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The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
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A Powerful Encouragement
Commentators explain that this historical note about the Edomites conquering the Horites was a powerful encouragement for Israel. The logic was: if God's general providence allowed the descendants of Esau to possess their land, how much more would God's specific covenant promise ensure that Israel would possess theirs. It was a tangible, recent example of God's power to give and take land.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or an insertion by a later writer.
19th Century
Anglican
These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically.
The Emims. —See Genesis 14:5-6, for the first mention of Rep…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time Which is the name of a mount, and so of the country, from it; so called fr…
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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…
