¹⁴ From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to ^(A)the king of Edom to say, “This is what your brother Israel has said: ‘You ^(B)know all the hardship that has ^[a]overtaken us; ¹⁵ that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly. ¹⁶ But ^(C)when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent ^(D)an angel, and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. ¹⁷ Please ^(E)let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s road, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.’”