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The Covenant at Beersheba

Genesis 21:34

In 11 translations

BSB
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
KJV
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
WEB
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
ASV
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
LSV
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
YLT
and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
DBY
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
DRC
And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
GNV
And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.
JPS
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
LXXE
And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֧גָר אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃
LXX-Br
Παρῴκησε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν Φυλιστιεὶμ ἡμέρας πολλάς.

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  • Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
  • 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  • Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
  • Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
  • Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

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