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Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…יַעֲקֹ֔בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin 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.מְגוּרֵ֣יmeguredwellingמָגוּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “dwelling”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4033a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residencedwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare H4032 (מָגוֹר).אָבִ֑יוavivfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin 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.כְּנָֽעַןkenaanCanaanכְּנַעַןnoun, proper name — “Canaan”H3667Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by himCanaan, merchant, traffick.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob dwelt 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.

World English Bible

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

Darby Translation

And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned — in the land of Canaan.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατῴκει δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οὗ παρῴκησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν· αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἰακώβ.