Genesis 37:1

Joseph’s Dreams

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:1 in Other Translations

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

1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

1 So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.

1 Meanwhile Jacob had settled down where his father had lived, the land of Canaan. Joseph and His Brothers

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

1 Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

1 Jacob lived in the land of Canaan. It's the land where his father had stayed.

Genesis 37:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger,
&c.] And this stands opposed unto, and is distinguished from the case and circumstances of Esau and his posterity, expressed in the preceding chapter, who dwelt in the land of their possession, not as strangers and sojourners, as Jacob and his seed, but as lords and proprietors; and so these words may be introduced and read in connection with the former history; "but Jacob dwelt" ^F1; and this verse would better conclude the preceding chapter than begin a new one. The Targum of Jonathan paraphrases the words, "and Jacob dwelt quietly"; or peaceably, in tranquillity and safety; his brother Esau being gone from him into another country, he remained where his father lived and died, and in the country that by his blessing belonged to him:

in the land of Canaan,
and particularly in Hebron, where Isaac and Abraham before him had dwelt.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (bvyw) "at habitavit", Schmidt.

Genesis 37:1 In-Context

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.

4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 17:8
• 2. S Genesis 10:19