Quotes about Settlement
Clearly I did not inherit whatever gene it is that makes it so that when you linger in a place you start to put down roots.
- Olga Tokarczuk
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- Genesis 4:17
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 11:31
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
- Genesis 19:30
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
- Genesis 20:15
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
- Genesis 21:34
Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
- Genesis 22:19
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
- Genesis 30:28
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
- Genesis 33:17
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
- Genesis 34:10
Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
- Genesis 35:21
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
- Genesis 47:27