Genesis 21:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.”
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BSBPD
“And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 21:34 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 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.
- 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 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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