Birth and Ancestors

• Ancestors of Esau
• Place: Canaan
• Other Relatives of Note:
  • Amalekites (descendants of Amalek, Gen 36:12)
  • Dukes of Edom (Gen 36:15–19, 40–43)
  • Kings of Edom (Gen 36:31–39)

Land and Dwelling

Dwelling Places

• Mount Seir (Gen 36:8; Deut 2:4–5)
• From the brook Zered to the Gulf of Aqaba (Deut 2:12–13)

Journeys

• Dispossessed the Horites from Seir (Deut 2:12, 22)

Military

Medical and Death

• Refused Israel passage with a strong army (Num 20:20)
• Came out against Israel with much people and a strong hand (Num 20:20)
• Doeg the Edomite, chief of Saul’s herdsmen (1 Sam 21:7; 22:9)

Righteousness and Unrighteousness

Righteousness

Unrighteousness

• Refused Israel water and passage (Num 20:18–21)
• Stood in the crossway to cut off Israel’s fugitives (Obad 1:14)
• Rejoiced over Judah’s destruction (Ps 137:7; Lam 4:21)
• Violence against brother Jacob (Obad 1:10)

Other

• YHWH gave Mount Seir to Esau as a possession (Deut 2:5)
• Edom to be laid waste, cities desolate (Ezek 35:3–4)
• No survivor of the house of Esau (Obad 1:18)

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