And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
WEB
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
YLT
And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings--in the land of Canaan.
DBT
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned — in the land of Canaan.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)