Joshua 24:4
Good News Translation
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Edom as his possession, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Then I gave Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Mount Seir, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went to live in Egypt.

New American Bible
To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned the mountain region of Seir to possess, while Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

unto Isaac

Genesis 25:24-26 And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb. . . .

unto Esau

Genesis 32:3 And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:

Genesis 36:8 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Deuteronomy 2:5 Take ye then good heed that you stir not against them. For I will not give you of their land so much as the step of one foot can tread upon, because I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a possession.

Jacob

Genesis 46:1-7 And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, . . .

Psalm 105:23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

Acts 7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.

Context
Joshua Reviews Israel's History
3And I took your father Abraham from the borders of Mesopotamia: and brought him into the land of Chanaan: and I multiplied his seed, 4And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and wonders.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:25
He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacob.

Genesis 25:26
Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him.

Genesis 36:8
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Genesis 46:6
And all that he had in the land of Chanaan: and he came into Egypt with all his seed;

Genesis 46:7
His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.

Deuteronomy 2:5
Take ye then good heed that you stir not against them. For I will not give you of their land so much as the step of one foot can tread upon, because I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a possession.

Psalm 127:3
Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Joshua 24:3
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