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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.

And Jacob {H3290} dwelt {H3427} in the land {H776} wherein his father {H1} was a stranger {H4033}, in the land {H776} of Canaan {H3667}.

Ya'akov continued living in the land where his father had lived as a foreigner, the land of Kena'an.

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 17:8 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 23:4 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 28:4 (1 votes)

    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.

  • Hebrews 11:9 (1 votes)

    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:

  • Hebrews 11:16 (1 votes)

    But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  • Genesis 36:7 (1 votes)

    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.