Genesis 37:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 36:7 : 7 For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
  • Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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    27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

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  • Gen 45:25
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    25And they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father,

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    3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

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    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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    29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,

  • Gen 37:11-12
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    11And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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    1Then Jacob continued his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

  • Acts 7:4
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    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

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    15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers,

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    1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

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    22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

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    9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:

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    25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away that I may go to my own place and country."

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    18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

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    5And all the people that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was already in Egypt.

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    6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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    7For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.

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