Genesis 32:3 - Exposition

And Jacob sent messengers (with the messengers of Jacob, the messengers of Elohim form a contrast which can scarcely have been accidental) before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir ,— vide on Genesis 14:6 . Seir, nearly equivalent in force to Esau (Ewald), and meaning the rough or bristling mountain (Gesenius), was originally occupied by the Horites , but afterwards became the seat of Esau and his descendants ( Deuteronomy 2:4 ; 2 Chronicles 20:10 ), though as yet Esau had not withdrawn from Canaan ( Genesis 36:5-8 )— the country (literally, plain or level tract = Padan (male Hoses Genesis 12:13 ) of Edom, as it was afterwards called.