1 Heb “the land of the sojournings of his father.”
2 The next section begins with the heading This is the account of Jacob in Gen 37:2, so this verse actually forms part of the preceding section as a concluding contrast with Esau and his people. In contrast to all the settled and expanded population of Esau, Jacob was still moving about in the land without a permanent residence and without kings. Even if the Edomite king list was added later (as the reference to kings in Israel suggests), its placement here in contrast to Jacob and his descendants is important. Certainly the text deals with Esau before dealing with Jacob—that is the pattern. But the detail is so great in chap. 36 that the contrast cannot be missed.

In other versions

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

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

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

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

And Jacob settled in the land of the sojourning of his father, in the land of Canaan.

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

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