“How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:”
But the king of Edom said to him, 'You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you' — Edom's refusal is categorical and military; passage is forbidden under threat of war. The sword signifies deadly force; Edom will not accommodate its kinfolk. The refusal is historically significant: the southern route through Edom is blocked, forcing Israel to take a longer detour around Moab and eventually through Transjordan.
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