Hashem came from Sinai having revealed Himself from Seir and having appeared on Mount Pharan (Devarim 33:2).
Rashi comments on the above passage with the Midrashic interpretation that before Hashem gave the Torah to the Children of Israel on Mount Sinai, He appeared to the descendants of Esav (Esau) on Mount Se'ir in the Land of Edom and to the descendants of Ishmael in the Pharan Desert and offered them the Torah. Each nation had its own excuse for refusing the Torah. Esav asked, "How can I be expected to refrain from murder? Murder is my main preoccupation!" Yishmael (Ishmael) had the same claim about thievery; how can desert bandits commit themselves to refrain from stealing when thievery is their main preoccupation?
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