Genesis 20:15
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And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

my land.

Genesis 13:9 Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

Genesis 34:10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

where it pleaseth thee.

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara his wife, 15And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.16And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.…
Cross References
Genesis 13:9
Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

Genesis 34:10
And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

Jeremiah 40:4
Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.

Lexicon
And Abimelech
אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Look,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

my land
אַרְצִ֖י (’ar·ṣî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

is before you.
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

Settle wherever you please.”
שֵֽׁב׃ (šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry


Additional Translations
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

and Abimelech saith, 'Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
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