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Concise Bible Dictionary
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In addition to the above remarks on
Edom
there remain a few things to notice which are said of the people themselves.
Isaac
said of
Esau
, “Thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the
earth
, and of the
dew
of
heaven
from above. And by thy
sword
shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother
: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his
yoke
from off thy neck” (
Gen. 27:39-40
39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. (Genesis 27:39‑40)
). This prediction was fulfilled, for though they were defeated again and again by the kings of
Israel
, they were at length able to declare their freedom. The fierce way they replied to
Moses
when he wanted Israel to pass through their border, manifested their disposition. They must have greatly increased, as is shown by the numbers that were slain in some of the
wars
; and though in the
time
of
David
we read of every male in Edom being slain (
1 Kings 11:15-16
15
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
16
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) (1 Kings 11:15‑16)
), they again became numerous and were again defeated. In the time of
the Maccabees
John
Hyrcanus compelled the Edomites to be circumcised and to conform to the Jewish laws, or leave the country. They were circumcised, and one of them became
procurator
of
Judaea
—Antipater, the
father
of
HEROD THE GREAT
, who was an Edomite, or Idumean, by birth, though nominally a
Jew
.
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