Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Abimelech said, "Here [is] my land before you; settle {where it pleases you}."

New American Standard Bible

Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please.”

King James Version

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Holman Bible

Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”

International Standard Version

and said, "Look! My land is available to you, so settle wherever you please."

A Conservative Version

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleases thee.

American Standard Version

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Amplified

So Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please.”

Bible in Basic English

And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

Darby Translation

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

Julia Smith Translation

And Abimelech will say, Behold, my land before thy face: dwell in the good in thine eyes.

King James 2000

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you.

Modern King James verseion

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you. Live where it pleases you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Abimelech said, "Behold, the land lieth before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee best."

NET Bible

Then Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please."

New Heart English Bible

Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

The Emphasized Bible

And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee, - wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.

Webster

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

World English Bible

Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

Youngs Literal Translation

and Abimelech saith, 'Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
H40
אבימלך 
'Abiymelek 
Usage: 67

Behold, my land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Abraham And Abimelech

14 And Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male slaves and female slaves, and he gave [them] to Abraham. And he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelech said, "Here [is] my land before you; settle {where it pleases you}." 16 And to Sarah he said, "Look, I have given a thousand [pieces of] silver to your brother. It [shall be] {an exoneration}. {You are vindicated before all who are with you}."

Cross References

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If [you want what is on] the left, then I will go right; if [you want what is on] the right, I will go left."

Genesis 34:10

You shall dwell with us and the land shall be before you; settle and trade in it, and acquire [property] in it."

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt [is] before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen, and if you know there is among them men of ability, then appoint them overseers of my own livestock."

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