Genesis 21:34 “And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.”

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

World English Bible

Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

American Standard Version

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.

Darby Translation

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Young's Literal Translation

and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

Bible in Basic English

And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

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Cross references

“And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.”

Genesis 20:1 1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 39:12 Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 2:11

Genesis 20:1 · BSB

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Psalm 39:12 · BSB

Hear 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 11:9 · BSB

By 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.

Hebrews 11:13 · BSB

All 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 Peter 2:11 · BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

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