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Genesis 37:1

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And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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BSB
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
KJV
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
WEB
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
ASV
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father`s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
DARBY
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned in the land of Canaan.
BLB
And Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, in the land of Canaan.
ÅB
Men Jakob bodde i det land hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed, i Kana'ans land.
OTB
Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed, i Kanaans land.
B1930
Men Jakob bodde i det land hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed, i Kana'ans land.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:8

    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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  • Genesis 23:4

    I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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  • Hebrews 11:9–16

    By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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  • Genesis 36:7

    For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

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  • Genesis 28:4

    And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

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