Joshua 24:4
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and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
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So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.