Genesis 37:1 - Exposition

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger (literally, in the land of the sojourning,'s of his father ) , in the land of Canaan . This verse is not the commencement of the ensuing (Keil, Kalisch, Lange, &c.;), but the concluding sentence of the present, section, the adversative particle ו , corresponding to the δε of the LXX ; introducing a contrast between Esau, who dwelt in Mount Seir, and Jacob, who dwelt in the land of Canaan, and the following verse beginning the next division of the book with the customary formula, "These are the generations". Rosenmüller less happily connects the present verse with Genesis 35:29 ; the Vulgate begins the next section with Genesis 35:3 . A similar division of verses to that proposed will be found in Genesis 25:11 .

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