And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I assigned to Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt — The summary continues the patriarchal narrative. The assignment of Seir to Esau and Egypt as Jacob's destination frames the historical movement: covenant people (Jacob/Israel) become subject to foreign powers, while covenant-excluded peoples (Esau/Edom) gain territory.

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