14From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom to say, “This is what your brother Israel has said: ‘You know all the hardship that has 20:14 Lit foundovertaken us;
14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of 20:14 The Edomites were descendants of Esau, Jacob’s (Israel’s) twin brother.Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel, ‘You know all the hardship that has come upon us [as a nation];