and — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marryיַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchבְּאֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)מְגוּרֵ֣י
mâgûwr
a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residenceאָבִ֑יו
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationבְּאֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)כְּנָֽעַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
Genesis 37:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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So Jacob (Israel) lived in the land where his father [Isaac] had been a stranger (sojourner, resident alien), in the land of Canaan.
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