Genesis 37:1
Genesis chapter 37 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:4
and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
- Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Genesis 36:7
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
- Hebrews 11:9
By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.