³ Jacob sent messengers^(A) ahead of him to his brother Esau^(B) in the land of Seir,^(C) the country of Edom.^(D)

¹⁴ So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds^(A) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.^(B)”

¹⁶ So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.^(A)

² (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb^(A) to Kadesh Barnea^(B) by the Mount Seir^(C) road.)^(D)

Wanderings in the Wilderness

2 Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,^[a](A) as the Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.^(B)

⁵ Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.^(A)