Genesis 37:1
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And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.

A.

2276. B.C.

1728.
wherein his father was a stranger. Heb. of his father's sojournings.

Genesis 17:8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

Genesis 23:4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Genesis 28:4 And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather.

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Genesis 36:7 For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

Hebrews 11:9-16 By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. . . .

Context
Joseph's Dreams
1And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.2And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

Genesis 28:4
And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather.

Genesis 36:43
Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these are the dukes of Edom dwelling in the land of their government; the same is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

Lexicon
Now Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

lived
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the land
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

where his father
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

had resided,
מְגוּרֵ֣י (mə·ḡū·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4033: A sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourning

the land
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Canaan.
כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan


Additional Translations
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.And Jacob dwelled in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.
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