參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本    

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1. And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.

2. Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan, Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

3. And Basemath the daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth.

4. And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau. And Basemath bore Reuel.

5. And Aholibamah bore Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6. And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all of his household, and his livestock, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went into the country away from the presence of his brother Jacob,

7. For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. And the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their herds.

8. And Esau lived in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 這是以掃的後代，稱為以東人。

2. 事緣以掃當日娶三位迦南女子為妻， 一位是赫人以倫的女兒亞大，另一位是亞拿的女兒亞何利巴瑪，她是亞拿的女兒，是希未人祭便的孫女。

3. 還有一位是以實瑪利家族中的女兒巴實抹，她是尼拜約的妹妹。

4. 亞大為以掃生了以利法。巴實抹生了流珥。

5. 亞何利巴瑪生了耶烏施、雅蘭和可拉，是以掃在迦南地所生的兒子。

6. 有日，以掃領著他一家大小男男女女，並一眾牲畜及家財等物，離開他兄弟雅各，另覓居地。

7. 那是他的財物眾多，兼且大群牲畜，牧放不易等事，看來是容不下他們共享。

8. 以掃選擇住西珥山，以掃成了以東人的始祖。

以掃被摩西描述為以東人的始祖，用整個篇幅描述，對於以色列後來的發展有重要的參考價值：

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/edom

Edom

Edom (Heb. אֱדוֹם) was a land in the south of eastern  Transjordan, the southeastern neighbor of  Palestine.

The Country

“The land of Edom” is the most common name for the Edomite territory. It had, however, other names and appellations, both prosaic and poetic, i.e., “the field of Edom” (Judg. 5:4), “Seir” (ibid.), “Mount Seir” (Deut. 1:2), “the land of Seir” (Gen. 36:30, “the lands of Seir,” cf. mâtāti^d še-e-ri^ki, in el-Amarna letter no. 288, line 26; Pritchard, Texts, 488; J.A. Knudtzon, Die El-Amarna-Tafeln, 2 (1915), 1340), and a combined name, “the land of Seir the field of Edom” (Gen. 32:3). There are also in  Egyptian  sources the equivalents of two names: Seir (Pritchard, Texts, 262) and Edom (Papyrus Anastasi VI, Pritchard, Texts, 259). It is possible to establish, according to the Egyptian and Akkadian sources, that the name Seir is chronologically first, since it is mentioned at the beginning of the 14^th century B.C.E. in the Tell el-Amarna document, as well as in an Egyptian list from the time of Ramses II, i.e., from the first half of the 13^th century B.C.E. On the other hand, the first mention of the name Edom in Egyptian sources occurs only at the end of the 13^th century B.C.E. (這網上文章有參考價值，多方面的考量夠全面)

在描述這段以東的發展史，似乎研究都在描述後來發展出以敵對的觀點，對事態作出的描述。這種觀點在摩西的描述並不存在，相信是後來在生活和社會進步時產生衝突造成。這種用敵對的描述方式，直接影響信仰的正面積極原有的作用，殊為可惜。

這段記載是在雅各和以掃互認之後發生的事，當中許多細節沒有記載。當時以掃就在西珥和疏割當中約百多里的範圍 (33章載他們兄弟相逢之地)。這處說出以掃搬離的用意是牧養的草地不足，而以掃的財富比以色列多，以掃選擇遷到更遠之處，這份主動似乎說明是出於對以色列的關懷。這時期兄弟真情相待可見一斑。

註：第3節中：還有一位是以實瑪利家族中的女兒巴實抹。這處加上家族中的女兒是因為用以實瑪利的女兒太過籠統，當時用字不多，是最有可能出現不能準確描述。

Mount Seir  is associated with Islamic history primarily through its identification with  Petra  and its connection to the biblical figure  Esau  (Ishaq/Ishmael lineage debates) and the location of  Paran. 

• Geographical Identification: Some non-traditional Islamic historical accounts, citing the 7th-century Armenian historian   Sebeos, identify Mount Seir with the city of  Petra  (also known as Rekem or Mecca in these specific theories).  This theory posits that the “Paran” mentioned in the Bible, where the early Muslim armies assembled, is located near Mount Seir/Petra in modern-day Jordan, rather than in the Arabian Peninsula.
• Prophetic Lineage: The context mentions claims that   Ishmael, the ancestor of Muhammad, lived in the area of Paran, which is linked to Mount Seir in these alternative geographical interpretations. 
• Biblical Prophecy: Deuteronomy 33:2 mentions the Lord rising from Seir, which some interpretations in the context link to divine manifestations, though the primary Islamic significance derived here is geographical and genealogical through the Esau/Ishmael connection. 

Note: The standard Islamic tradition does not typically center on “Mount Seir” as a primary sacred site in the same way Mecca or Medina do; the significance described above stems from specific historical and geographical debates regarding the location of early Islamic events and biblical prophecies. 

川普想中東諸族簽定亞伯拉罕條約，不單對中東和平有利，似乎在信仰層面，像叫二分開己久的兩兄弟復和，意義重大。

雅各，就是今日的以色列，他對耶和華有深入的認識，相信這是他被賜與新名有關。這新名是：與耶和華較力得勝。這個名字揭示出人與耶和華一種良性互動的關係，人可以與耶和華較力，只要持守著那份立約精神：做什麼都可，不可傷害人。支持這樣不容易，或許很容易，心中有愛。心中有愛之所以容易，那是不懼。今日的人大多恐懼，是因為沒有作出分辨引致，人放棄了自己成長，任誰都無法幫助。覺得這道有點理在，就分享出去一起成長。