Genesis 28
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Genesis 28:1-5

1So IsaacH3327 calledH7121 JacobH3290 and 1blessedH1288 him and chargedH6680 him, and saidH559 to him, “2You shall not takeH3947 a wifeH802 from the daughtersH1323 of CanaanH3667. 2AriseH6965, goH1980 to Paddan-aramH6307, to the houseH1004 of 3BethuelH1328 your mother’sH517 fatherH1; and from thereH8033 takeH3947 to yourself a wifeH802 from the daughtersH1323 of LabanH3837 your mother’sH517 brotherH251. 3May 45GodH410 AlmightyH7706 6blessH1288 you and 7makeH6509 you fruitfulH6509 and 8multiplyH7235 you, that you may becomeH1961 a 9companyH6951 of peoplesH5971. 4May He also giveH5414 you the 10blessingH1293 of AbrahamH85, to you and to your 11descendantsH2233 with you, that you may 12possessH3423 the landH776 of your 13sojourningsH4033, whichH834 GodH430 gaveH5414 to AbrahamH85.” 5Then 14IsaacH3327 sentH7971 JacobH3290 awayH7971, and he wentH1980 to Paddan-aramH6307 to LabanH3837, sonH1121 of BethuelH1328 the ArameanH761, the brotherH251 of RebekahH7259, the motherH517 of JacobH3290 and EsauH6215.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 28:1 Gen 27:33 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 28:1 Gen 24:3, 4 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 28:2 Gen 25:20 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 28:3 Gen 17:1; 35:11; 48:3 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 28:3 Gen 22:17 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 28:3 Gen 17:6, 20 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 28:3 Gen 17:2; 26:4, 24 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 28:3 Gen 35:11; 48:4 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 28:4 Gen 12:2; 22:17 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 28:4 Lit seed ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 28:4 Gen 15:7, 8; 17:8 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 28:4 1 Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 28:5 Gen 27:43 ↩

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