'Country' in the Bible

Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest

But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.

Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:

These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

And at the death of Jobab, Husham, from the country of the Temanites, became king in his place.

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.