Genesis 14:6

Translations

Modern

…and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

Traditional

And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.

Literal

…and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Latin

…et Chorræos in montibus Seir, usque ad Campestria Pharan, quæ est in solitudine.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

Notes

Genesis 14:5–8

The invaders came down the King’s Highway on the east side of the Jordan Valley to the Gulf of Aqaba, then circled back to the valley of the Dead Sea.

Genesis 14:1–16

In this typical ancient political conflict, powerful kings allied to control smaller dependent states.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Melchizedek Invasion Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Deuteronomy 2:22
…just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
Numbers 13:3
So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
Numbers 12:16
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
Genesis 16:7
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
Genesis 36:20–30
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
1 Chronicles 1:38–42
The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
Numbers 10:12
…and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

People

Hori: A Horite people group

Places

El-paran: Wilderness area where the Horites were defeated by Chedorlaomer Seir: Region inhabited by Edomites, descendants of Esau

Glossary

Admah Amraphel Arioch Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chedorlaomer Cities of the Plain Ebla Tablets El-Paran Elath Ellasar Genesis, Book of Goiim Horites Kedorlaomer King’s Highway Lot Melchizedek Nuzi, Nuzi Tablets Palestine Patriarchs, Period of the Seir (Place) Siddim Valley Tidal Travel Zeboiim Zoar

Topics

Abraham: Defeats Chedorlaomer Armies: Antiquity of Birsha: A King of Gomorrah Chedorlaomer: King of Elam Elparan: A Place in the Wilderness of Paran Lot: The Son of Haran: Taken Captive by Chedorlaomer; Rescued by Abraham Mountains: Seir Seir: A Range of Hills Southwest of the Dead Sea: Originally Inhabited by Horites Sodom: King of, Joins Other Kings of the Nations Resisting the Invasion of Chedorlaomer

Genesis 14:6

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