Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

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 where his father [Isaac] had been a stranger (sojourner, resident alien), 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504
Usage: 2504

מגר מגוּר 
Maguwr 
Usage: 11

References

Context Readings

Joseph's Dreams

1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

Cross References

Genesis 17:8

And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

Genesis 23:4

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest

Genesis 28:4

And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

Genesis 36:7

For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

Hebrews 11:9-16

By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

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