Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, 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.
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 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 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan. 2 This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."
Genesis 23:4
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
Genesis 28:4
May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident."
Genesis 36:7
because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.
Hebrews 11:9-16
By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.