Deuteronomy 2:1

Then we turned, etc.] See on Deuteronomy 1:7.

by the way to the Red Sea Rather, in the direction of the Red Sea.

as the Lord spake unto me Deuteronomy 1:40.

and we compassed mount Seir The range E. of the -Arabah: see on Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 1:44 JE, Numbers 21:4 b, by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom.

many days As in Deuteronomy 1:46, indefinite; that a long time is intended is clear from Deuteronomy 2:14, which states that Israel spent 38 years between Ḳadesh and the Zered; while Deuteronomy 2:7, whether from the same hand or not, implies that the 40 years from Egypt had practically all passed when the people turned N.