Genesis 14:6
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and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
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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.
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.)
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.