Genesis 37:1

But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 17:8

I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."

Genesis 23:4

"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

Genesis 28:4

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident."

Genesis 36:7

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.

Hebrews 11:9-16

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

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Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Wherein his father was a stranger

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Wherein his father was a stranger

I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."

"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident."

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.