King James Version
Genesis 35:27 in the King James Version says “And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojour...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.”
Genesis 35:27 · KJV
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“unto the city of Arbah”
H7153kirjath-arba or kirjath-ha-arba, a place in palestine
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“sojourned”
H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
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