Verse 1

And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jakob bosatte seg i landet der hans far hadde bodd som utlending, i landet Kanaan.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde vært en fremmed, i landet Kanaan.

• Norsk King James

  Og Jakob bodde i landet hvor faren hans var en fremmed, i Kanaan.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jakob bodde i landet der hans far hadde vært innflytter, som var Kanaan.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde levd som fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jakob bodde i landet der hans far hadde vært en fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jakob bosatte seg i det landet der hans far var en fremmed, i Kanaan.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Jakob bodde i landet der hans far hadde vært en fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jakob bosatte seg i Kanaan, det landet hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jacob settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde holdt til som innflytter, i Kanaan.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Jakob boede i det Land, som hans Fader havde været fremmed udi, som var i det Land Canaan.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde vært en fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde reist, i Kanaans land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Jakob bodde i landet der hans far hadde levd som fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed, i Kanaans land.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå bodde Jakob i landet hvor hans far hadde bosatt seg, i landet Kanaan.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Iacob dwelt in ye lande, wherin his father was a straunger, namely in the lade of Canaa.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Iacob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger, euen in ye lande of Chanaan.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
• Gen 36:7 : 7 For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
• Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.