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Genesis 21:34

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

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וַיָּ֧גָרvayagarand fearגּוּרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fear”, the next action in the storyH1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.אַבְרָהָ֛םavrahamAbrahamאַבְרָהָםnoun, proper name — “Abraham”H85Abraham, the later name of AbramAbraham.בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpelishtimPhilistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.יָמִ֥יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…רַבִּֽיםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Douay-Rheims

And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Παρῴκησε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν Φυλιστιεὶμ ἡμέρας πολλάς.

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Young’s Literal Translation

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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