Genesis 37:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

New Living Translation
So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.

English Standard Version
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

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

New American Standard Bible
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had lived as a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

NASB 1995
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

NASB 1977
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

Amplified Bible
So Jacob (Israel) lived in the land where his father [Isaac] had been a stranger (sojourner, resident alien), in the land of Canaan.

Christian Standard Bible
Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father Isaac had lived,

Good News Translation
Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.

International Standard Version
Jacob continued to live in the land they were occupying, where his father had journeyed in the territory of Canaan.

NET Bible
But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

New King James Version
Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

King James 2000 Bible
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

New Heart English Bible
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

World English Bible
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.

American King James Version
And Jacob dwelled in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

American Standard Version
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

A Faithful Version
And Jacob lived in the land of the sojournings of his father, in the land of Canaan.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.

English Revised Version
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Iacob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger, euen in ye lande of Chanaan.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Iacob dwelt in ye lande, wherin his father was a straunger, namely in the lade of Canaa.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jacob will dwell in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Yaquuv dwelt in the land of the dwelling of his father in the land of Canaan.

Lamsa Bible
AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a sojourner, in the land of Canaan.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan.
















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