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Mount Seir (; Har Se'ir) formed the south-east border of Edom
Edom

Edom is a name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible, as well as to the nation descending from him. The nation's name in Assyrian language was Udumi; in Syriac language, ????; in Greek language, ?d???a?a ; in Latin, Idum?a or Idumea....
 and Judah
Judah

Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
, it may also echo the older historical border of Egypt and Canaan
Canaan

Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt....
. It was the mountainous region allotted to the descendants of Esau
Esau

Esau is the brother of Jacob -- the patriarch and founder of the Israelites -- in the Hebrew Bible Book of Genesis. Esau was the oldest son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham....
, the Edomites. Mount Seir is specifically noted as the place that Esau made his home (Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 36:8; Joshua 24:4). It was named for Seir, the Horite, whose sons inhabited the land (Genesis 36:20). The children of Esau battled against the Horites and destroyed them (Deut.






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Mount Seir (; Har Se'ir) formed the south-east border of Edom
Edom

Edom is a name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible, as well as to the nation descending from him. The nation's name in Assyrian language was Udumi; in Syriac language, ????; in Greek language, ?d???a?a ; in Latin, Idum?a or Idumea....
 and Judah
Judah

Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
, it may also echo the older historical border of Egypt and Canaan
Canaan

Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt....
. It was the mountainous region allotted to the descendants of Esau
Esau

Esau is the brother of Jacob -- the patriarch and founder of the Israelites -- in the Hebrew Bible Book of Genesis. Esau was the oldest son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham....
, the Edomites. Mount Seir is specifically noted as the place that Esau made his home (Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 36:8; Joshua 24:4). It was named for Seir, the Horite, whose sons inhabited the land (Genesis 36:20). The children of Esau battled against the Horites and destroyed them (Deut. 2:12).

Mount Seir is also given as the location where the remnants "of the Amalekites that had escaped" were annihilated by five hundred Simeonites (I Chron. iv. 42-43).

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