just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren.
Commenting on Deuteronomy 2:8-23
As he did to the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir,.... He did the like things for them as he did for the Ammonites: when he destroyed the Horims from before them: which is repeated from Deu 2:12, other instances of the like kind being here recited: and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead, even unto this day; See Gill on Deu 2:12.
Deu 2:16-22 When this generation had quite died out, the Lord made known to Moses, and through him to the people, that they were to cross over the boundary of Moab (i.e., the Arnon, Deu 2:24; see at Num 21:13), the land of Ar (see at Deu 2:9), “to come nigh over against the children of Ammon,” i.e., to advance into the neighbourhood of the...
Commenting on Deuteronomy 2:16-22