15 occurrences in 13 translations

'Tents' in the Bible

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Verse ConceptsEnlargementTents

And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

Verse ConceptsTentsOwning LivestockPossessing Sheep

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.

Verse ConceptsTents

Then Abram moved his tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Verse ConceptsHuntingQuietnessSkillTentsArchers, MenGrowing UpMen Of PeaceOutside The Houseparenting

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelValleysLeavingMoving To A New Place

In response, Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He also pitched his tents there and his servants dug a well.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his brothers also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsNomadsCamp, Of IsraelOvertaking

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

Verse ConceptsTentsNot Finding

So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelStaying Temporarily

And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBooths

When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city.

Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandSilverTentsReal EstateLarge Denominations

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTowers

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