13 occurrences

'Tents' in the Bible

And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

Verse ConceptsEnlargementTents

And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

Verse ConceptsTentsOwning LivestockPossessing Sheep

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.

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

Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

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.

Verse ConceptsNomadsCamp, Of IsraelOvertaking

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

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

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

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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