Genesis 27:43

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

41So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. Now then, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban! 44Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides, 45until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”

Genesis 27:43 word by word

וְעַתָּ֥ה בְנִ֖י שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֑י וְק֧וּם בְּרַח־לְךָ֛ אֶל־לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• then, my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
• my voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• fleeבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• Haranחָרָןchârân · HaranH2771
• to my brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Labanלָבָןlâbân · LabanH3837

Cross-references for Genesis 27:43

• Genesis 27:8So now, my son, listen to me as I command you.
• Genesis 28:7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
• Jeremiah 35:14“The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab have been followed, which he commanded his sons: not to drink wine. And they do not drink wine to this day, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not listened to Me.
• Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
• Genesis 11:31Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and settled there.
• Genesis 12:4So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
• Genesis 28:10Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward 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

Topics related to Genesis 27:43

• Family
• Haran
• Homicide
• Jacob
• Rebekah (Rebecca)

In the dictionaries

• Haran
• Laban
• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel
• Fetch

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