Deuteronomy 2:8
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Israel passed by their kinsmen, the offspring of Esau who lived in Seir to the south of Edom, then turned northward to travel by the wilderness of Moab. The northward turn was made from the lowland road leading from Elath and from Ezion-geber. In that passing by, they did no harm to the descendants of Esau. That circuit came after the passage south of Edom and before the continued journey north toward the promised land.