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Verse

RBT Translation:
and אֶת-the Hole-Dwellers525 in their mountain of Hairy,526 until Oak of Branch,527 which is upon the wilderness528;
LITV Translation:
and the Horites in the hills of Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.
ESV Translation:
and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the Horites in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Paran, which is in the desert.

Footnotes

525

Strong’s Hebrew #2752: Chorite = ‘hole dweller’. Derived from chor (#2356), a hole.

526

Strong’s #8165, Seir. Hairy. Hairy as a mountain or place appears 20 times in the Law and is translated as Hairy.

527

El Paran. Strong’s #364, From ‘ayil and Pa’ran; oak of Paran

528

Strong’s #4057, midbar. Wilderness. It is thought to mean mouth in one place: “As a thread of scarlet are your lips, And your wilderness is comely, As the work of the pomegranate is your temple behind your veil…” (Song. 4:3) which is the Bridgroom speaking about the Bride.