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Genesis 27:43
43Now my son, do what I tell you. Quickly go away from here. Go to my brother Laban who lives in Haran.
Genesis 27:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- New International Version (NIV)Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.
Context of Genesis 27:43
41Because Isaac had blessed Jacob, Esau hated his younger brother Jacob. Esau said quietly, ‘My father will die soon. When we have buried his body, I will kill my brother.’ 42Someone told Rebekah what her older son, Esau, had said. So she told her younger son, Jacob, to come to her. She said to him, ‘Your brother Esau wants to kill you, because of what you did to him. Now my son, do what I tell you. Quickly go away from here. Go to my brother Laban who lives in Haran. 44Live with him for a time. Stay there until your brother is not angry with you any longer. 45He may forget what you did to him. Then I will send a message to you, so that you can come back from Haran. I do not want to lose both of my sons in one day.’
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וְעַתָּ֥ה בְנִ֖י שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֑י וְק֧וּם בְּרַח־לְךָ֛ אֶל־לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 27:43
- Genesis 27:8Now my son, listen carefully and do as I tell you.
- Genesis 28:7Esau saw that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and that he had gone to Paddan Aram.
- Proverbs 30:17Punishment will come to anyone who insults his father, or who refuses to listen to his mother. Wild birds will pick out his eyes and vultures will eat his body.
- Jeremiah 35:14Rekab's son Jonadab commanded his descendants that they must not drink wine. They have obeyed his command. Even now, they have never drunk wine because their ancestor told them not to do that. But as for you, I have spoken to you very many times and you have not obeyed me!
- Acts 5:29Peter and the other apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than obey people.
- Genesis 11:31Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot. (Lot was Haran's son.) Terah also took Abram's wife Sarai. They all left Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. They began to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there.
- Genesis 12:4Abram did what the Lord had told him. He left Haran. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. Lot went with him.
- Genesis 28:10Jacob left Beersheba and he went towards Haran.
Commentaries on Genesis 27:43
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-46Verses 41-46 Esau bore malice to Jacob on account of the blessing he had obtained. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother, because he gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered himself unworthy. Esau aimed to prevent Jacob or his seed from having the dominion, by taking away his life. Men may fret at God's counsels, but cannot change them. To prevent mischief, Rebekah warned Jacob of his danger, and advised him to withdraw for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-45Jacob met the Lord on a road that Abraham had traveled 125 years earlier. The story in 27:42–33:17 follows a pattern (called a "chiasm") focusing on Jacob’s exile: A: Jacob runs away from Esau (27:42–28:9) B: Angels of God meet Jacob at Bethel (28:10–22) C: Jacob lives in exile in Paddan-aram (29:1–31:55) B’: Angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim (32:1–2) A’: Jacob reconciles with Esau (32:3–33:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 42-4542-45. these words of Esau were told Rebekah--Poor woman! she now early begins to reap the bitter fruits of her fraudulent device; she is obliged to part with her son, for whom she planned it, never, probably, seeing him again; and he felt the retributive justice of heaven fall upon him heavily in his own future family.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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