Genesis 37:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ SO JACOB dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

Common English Bible

¹ Jacob lived in the land of Canaan where his father was an immigrant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.

Genesis 37:1 Cross References

Genesis 17:8

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 23:4

“I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Genesis 28:4

May he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, so that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien, land that God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 36:43

Magdiel, and Iram; these are the clans of Edom, that is, Esau, the father of Edom, according to their settlements in the land that they held.

Genesis 36:7

For their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they were staying could not support them because of their livestock.