Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.
New American Standard Bible
Now Jacob lived in
King James Version
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Holman Bible
Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
International Standard Version
Jacob continued to live in the land they were occupying, where his father had journeyed in the territory of Canaan.
A Conservative Version
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojourning, in the land of Canaan.
American Standard Version
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
Amplified
So Jacob (Israel) lived in the land
Bible in Basic English
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
Darby Translation
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned in the land of Canaan.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will dwell in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
King James 2000
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jacob settled in the land of the sojourning of his father, in the land of Canaan.
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob lived in the land of the travels of his father, in the land of Canaan.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, that is to say in the land of Canaan.
NET Bible
But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
New Heart English Bible
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
The Emphasized Bible
So Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, - in the land of Canaan.
Webster
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
World English Bible
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
Interlinear
Yashab
'erets
ארץ
'erets
land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness
Usage: 2504
'ab
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph's Dreams
1 And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan. 2 These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'
Genesis 23:4
A sojourner and a settler I am with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'
Genesis 28:4
and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'
Genesis 36:7
for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;
Hebrews 11:9-16
by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,