Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 wherein his father was a stranger, that is to say in the land of Canaan. 2 And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger: even all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and will be their God."
Genesis 23:4
"I am a stranger and a foreigner among you; give me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
Genesis 28:4
and give thee the blessing of Abraham: both to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest possess the land - wherein thou art a stranger - which God gave unto Abraham."
Genesis 36:7
For their riches was so much that they could not dwell together; and that the land wherein they were strangers could not receive them, because of their cattle.
Hebrews 11:9-16
By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.