Genesis 28
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Genesis 28:1-9

1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother. 3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;1 4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.2 5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram; 8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;3 9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.4

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 28:3 a multitude…: Heb. an assembly of people. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 28:4 wherein…: Heb. of thy sojournings. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 28:8 pleased…: Heb. were evil in the eyes, etc. ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 28:9 Mahalath: or, Bashemath. ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 28

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