Deuteronomy 2:8

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
passed	וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֞ר va.na.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common plural
brethren	אַחֵ֣ינוּ 'a.Chei.nu	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
children	בְנֵי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Esau	עֵשָׂ֗ו 'e.Sav	H6215	Esav · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt	הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ hai.yo.she.Vim	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
Seir	בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר be.se.'Ir	H8165	Seir · preposition + proper noun, a place name
way	מִדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ mi.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
plain	הָֽעֲרָבָ֔ה ha.'a.ra.Vah	H6160	a desert · definite article + proper noun, a place name
Elath	מֵאֵילַ֖ת me.'ei.Lat	H359	Eloth or Elath · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Ezion-gaber	וּמֵעֶצְיֹ֣ן u.me.'etz.Yon	H6100	Etsjon-Geber · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a place name
turned	וַנֵּ֙פֶן֙ va.Ne.fen	H6437	to turn · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common plural
passed	וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֔ר va.na.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common plural
way	דֶּ֖רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
wilderness	מִדְבַּ֥ר mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · noun, common masculine singular construct
Moab	מוֹאָֽב mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

1 Kings 9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Judges 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of…
2 Kings 16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unt…
2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Numbers 20:20-21 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
Numbers 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Deuteronomy 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between P…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren. For, though our relations fail in their duty to us, we must retain a sense of the relation, and not be wanting in our duty to them, as there is occasion. Now in these verses we have, I. The account which Moses gives of the origin of the nations of which he had here occasion to speak, the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. We know very well, from other parts of his history, whose posterity they were; but here he tells us how they came to those countr…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

we passed . . . through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in any way; and this special honor was conferred on that people not on their own account, for they were very wicked, but in virtue of their descent from Lot. (See on Deu 23:3). Their territory comprised the fine country on the south, and partly o…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:8

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Self,.... Along their coasts, by the borders of their country: through the way of the plain; the wilderness of Zin, where Kadesh was: from Elath and Eziongeber; the two ports on the shore of the Red sea in the land of Edom; it was from the latter they came to Kadesh; see Numbers 33:35. Elath was ten miles from Petra, the metropolis of Edom, to the east of it, as Jerom says (z); it is by Josephus (a) called Aelana, and by the Septuagint here Ailon; from whence the Elanitic bay has its name; he speaks of it as not far from Eziongeber, which he says was then called Berenice: we turned and passed by the way of the wi…

Dictionary and topics

Elath — Grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings 9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of…
Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Ezion-geber — The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah,…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Moabite — The designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern border of the Dead Sea, they gradually spread over the region on…
Plain — (1.) Heb. ‘abel (Judg. 11:33), a “grassy plain” or “meadow.” Instead of “plains of the vineyards,” as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has “Abel-cheramim” (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2…
Wilderness — (1.) Heb. midhbar, denoting not a barren desert but a district or region suitable for pasturing sheep and cattle (Ps. 65:12; Isa. 42:11; Jer. 23:10; Joel 1:19; 2:22); an uncultivated place. This word…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Orders given respecting Moab — Orders given respecting Moab
Elath · A city of Idumea — A city of Idumea
Ezion-Gaber (Ezion-Geber) · Zin,” — Zin,”

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 2:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:8

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Deuteronomy 2:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:8

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