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Genesis 37

Gen. 37:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
ηwherein his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
wasc a stranger
maguwr (Hebrew #4033)
from 1481 in the sense of lodging; a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
KJV usage: dwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare 4032.
Pronounce: maw-goor'
Origin: or magur {maw-goor'}
, in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Canaan
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
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of his father's sojournings.
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Gen. 17:8• 8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them. (Gen. 17:8)
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Gen. 23:4• 4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me. (Gen. 23:4)
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Gen. 28:4• 4And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham! (Gen. 28:4)
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Gen. 36:7• 7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle. (Gen. 36:7)
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Heb. 11:9‑16• 9By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
 12Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.
 15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
 16but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:9‑16)

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Canaan,
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Jacob,
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Cross References

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1-4:  Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brethren.
5-11:  His dreams and the interpretation.
12-20:  Jacob sends him to his brethren, who counsel to slay him.
21-24:  At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;
25-30:  and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; while Ruben grieves at not finding him.
31-35:  His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.
36:  Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.
A.M. 2276.
B.C. 1728.wherein his father was a stranger.
Heb. of his father'ssojournings.
Gen. 17:8• 8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them. (Gen. 17:8)
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Gen. 23:4• 4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me. (Gen. 23:4)
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Gen. 28:4• 4And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham! (Gen. 28:4)
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Gen. 28•  (Gen. 28)
:*marg:;
Gen. 36:7• 7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle. (Gen. 36:7)
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Heb. 11:9‑16• 9By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
 12Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.
 15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
 16but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:9‑16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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