Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods.

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human bodies and souls.

But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

And to you and your offspring after you I will give the land where you are residing-- all the land of Canaan-- as an eternal possession, and I will be their God."

And the LORD said to her: Two nations are in your womb; two people will [come] from you and be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.

May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as an alien, the land God gave to Abraham."

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.