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
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
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
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 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: