Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
29. as the children of Esau and the Moabites ] In JE Num 20:18 ff. Esau refused Israel’s request made from adesh, but appears to have sold them bread and water when, later, Israel crossed the S. end of Mt Se‘ir, Deu 2:6. In Deu 23:5 [4] Mo’ab is blamed for not meeting Israel with bread and water on the way but does that mean did not sell them these?
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 29. As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir] See Clarke on Nu 20:21.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Object. The king of Edom, i.e. of the children of Esau, did not grant them passage, Num 20.
Answ. They did permit them to pass quietly by the borders, though not through the heart of their land; and in their passage the people sold them meat and drink, being, it seems, more kind to them than their king would have had them; and therefore they here ascribe this favour not to the king, though they are now treating with a king, but to the people,
the children of Esau.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me,…. Which respects, as Jarchi observes, not the affair of passing through their land requested, for neither of them granted that, but buying food and drink; for though the Edomites at first seem not to have granted that, yet afterwards they did. The mountain of Seir, and the city Ar, are put for the whole countries of Edom and Moab:
until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us; this is observed to remove any suspicion or jealousy of their seizing his country, and taking possession of it, and dwelling in it; since they only proposed to pass through it on their journey to the land of Canaan, which lay on the other side Jordan, over which they must pass in order to possess it, which they had a right unto by the gift of God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) Until I shall pass over Jordan.This was already determined.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ver. 29. (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwelt in Ar, did unto me) There are great difficulties attending this verse; it being certain, that the Edomites and Moabites granted not, but refused, the Israelites a passage through their country. Therefore some commentators say, that the giving them meat and drink for money only is to be understood. Though they denied Israel a passage through their land, yet they suffered them to buy necessaries as they passed along their coasts. So Calmet and Le Clerc understand it. But, as Houbigant justly observes, it is not food only, but a passage which is required. He thinks that the words, who dwell in Seir, lead to the true interpretation of the place, and imagines, that by these children of Esau are not understood those who are called Edom, and who denied the Israelites a passage, but some other descendants of Esau, who dwelt about Seir, to the east, near the Amorites. See his note.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
As = According as.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
As the children: It appears to have been only the Edomites of Kadesh-barnea, south of Canaan, who denied the Israelites a passage; for those of mount Seir, now called Shera, are here expressly said to have granted it them, and this, in fact, was the very road by which they arrived at Canaan. Deu 23:3, Deu 23:4, Num 20:18, Jdg 11:17, Jdg 11:18
into the land: Deu 4:1, Deu 4:21, Deu 4:40, Deu 5:16, Deu 9:6, Deu 25:15, Exo 20:12, Jos 1:11-15
Reciprocal: Num 20:17 – General Num 20:21 – refused Num 21:15 – Ar Deu 2:6 – General Jdg 18:10 – God hath
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 2:29-30. As the children of Esau did They did permit them to pass quietly by the borders, though not through the heart of their land, and in their passage the people sold them meat and drink, being, it seems, more kind to them than their king would have had them; and therefore they here ascribe this favour not to the king, though they are now treating with a king, but to the people, the children of Esau. Hardened his spirit That is, suffered it to be hardened.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2:29
(As the {m} children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
(m) Because neither intreaty nor examples or others could move him, he could not complain of his just destruction.