1And it was after this that the sons of Esau waged war with the sons of

2And the battle was heavy between them, and the sons of Esau were smitten

3And it came to pass when the sons of Jacob had taken Zepho and his people

4And they came unto Mount Seir and they buried Esau in Seir, but they had

5And it came to pass when the sons of Esau had fled from before the sons of

6And it came to pass on the third day they assembled all the sons of Seir

7And Joseph and all the sons of Jacob heard that the sons of Esau and the

8And Joseph and his brethren and the strong men of Egypt went forth and

9And they slew of them six hundred thousand men, and they slew amongst them

10And Joseph and his brethren pursued them until they came unto Succoth, and

11And Joseph and his brethren and the mighty men of Egypt turned back from

12And Zepho the son of Eliphaz and his men were still slaves in Egypt to the

13And when the sons of Esau and the sons of Seir returned to their land, the

14And the sons of Seir said unto the sons of Esau, You have seen and

15Now therefore go forth from our land, go from us to the land of Canaan to

16And the children of Esau would not listen to the children of Seir, and the

17And the children of Esau sent secretly to Angeas king of Africa, the same

18Send unto us some of thy men and let them come unto us, and we will fight

19And Angeas king of Dinhabah did so, for he was in those days friendly to

20And the children of Seir sent unto the children of the east and unto the

21Now therefore come unto us and assist us, and we will fight them together,

22And all the children of the east listened to the children of Seir, and

23And the children of Seir prevailed then over the sons of Esau, and the

24And on the second day the children of Esau came again to fight a second

25And when the children of Esau saw that the children of Seir were more

26And there fell yet of the people of the children of Esau in the second

27And on the third day the children of Esau heard that some of their

28And they said, What shall we do unto our brethren who turned from us to

29Send unto us again other men that with them we may fight with the children

30And Angeas again sent to the children of Esau about six hundred valiant

31And in ten days' time the children of Esau again waged war with the

32And all the mighty men of the children of Seir died in this battle, and

33And all Midian and the children of the east betook themselves to flight

34And the children of Esau slew yet of them about two hundred and fifty men

35And it came to pass after the battle, the children of Esau turned back and

36And the children of Esau dwelt in Seir in the place of the children of

37And the children of Esau took all belonging in the land to the children of

38And it came to pass in those days, that the children of Esau resolved to

39And all the children of Esau swore, saying, That none of their brethren

40Therefore the sons of Esau swore, saying, From that day forward they would

41And there was a man there from the people of Angeas king of Dinhabah; his

42And all the children of Esau took him and anointed him and they crowned

43And they spread out the sheet, and they brought him each man earrings of

44And the people of Angeas took their hire for their battle from the

45And Bela reigned over the children of Esau thirty years, and the children

Chapter 57

The Sons of Esau make war with the Sons of Jacob and are smitten.