Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”

so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who were dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.

They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.

He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,

Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.

When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.

You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.”

Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.

“These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.”

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.

These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

“Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.