Genesis 21:34
New International Version
And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

New Living Translation
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.

English Standard Version
And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.

Berean Standard Bible
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

King James Bible
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

New King James Version
And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.

New American Standard Bible
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for many days.

NASB 1995
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

NASB 1977
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Amplified Bible
And Abraham lived [as a resident alien] in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Christian Standard Bible
And Abraham lived as an alien in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for many days.

American Standard Version
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abraham went through in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.

Contemporary English Version
Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.

English Revised Version
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Abraham lived a long time in the land of the Philistines.

Good News Translation
Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.

International Standard Version
After this, Abraham resided as a foreigner in Philistine territory for a long period of time.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Literal Standard Version
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.

Majority Standard Bible
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

New American Bible
Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

NET Bible
So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

New Revised Standard Version
And Abraham resided as an alien many days in the land of the Philistines.

New Heart English Bible
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

World English Bible
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

Young's Literal Translation
and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

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Context
The Covenant at Beersheba
33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God. 34And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Cross References
Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Genesis 22:19
Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.


Treasury of Scripture

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Genesis 21
1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.
6. Sarah's joy.
8. Isaac is weaned.
9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away.
15. Hagar in distress.
17. The angel relieves and comforts her.
23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba.














(34) In the Philistines' land--In Genesis 21:32 Abimelech on returning to Gerar is said to have gone back "into the land of the Philistines!' But Beer-sheba also in a general way belonged to his dominions, and Abraham dwelt there in peace by reason of the treaty which existed between him and the Philistine king.

Verse 34. - And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. The apparent contradiction between the statement of this verse and that of Ver. 32 may be removed by supposing either,

(1) that as the land of the Philistines had no fixed boundary toward the desert, Beersheba may at this time have been claimed for the kingdom of Gerar (Keil); or,

(2) that as Beersheba was situated on the confines of the Philistines' territory, Abraham must frequently have sojourned in their country while pasturing his flocks (Rosenmüller).

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֛ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

resided
וַיָּ֧גָר (way·yā·ḡār)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the Philistines
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

for a long
רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

time.
יָמִ֥ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day


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