Genesis 37:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in 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 descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Genesis 23:4

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

Genesis 28:4

May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your descendants with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings which God gave to Abraham!”

Genesis 36:43

Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

Genesis 36:7

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land of their sojournings could not support them because of their cattle.