Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

Cross References

Genesis 17:8

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

Genesis 23:4

"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 28:4

May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!"

Genesis 36:7

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.

Hebrews 11:9-16

By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

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