Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, 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
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.
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 And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a sojourner, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 28:4
And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land in which they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Hebrews 11:9-16
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: