Genesis 28
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Genesis 28:1-9

1And IsaacH3327 calledH7121 JacobH3290, and blessedH1288 him, and chargedH6680 him, and saidH559 unto him, Thou shalt not takeH3947 a wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of CanaanH3667. 2AriseH6965, goH3212 to Padan–aramH6307, to the houseH1004 of BethuelH1328 thy mother’sH517 fatherH1; and takeH3947 thee a wifeH802 from thence of the daughtersH1323 of LabanH3837 thy mother’sH517 brotherH251. 3And GodH410 AlmightyH7706 blessH1288 thee, and make thee fruitfulH6509, and multiplyH7235 thee, that thou mayest be a multitudeH6951 of peopleH5971;1 4And giveH5414 thee the blessingH1293 of AbrahamH85, to thee, and to thy seedH2233 with thee; that thou mayest inheritH3423 the landH776 wherein thou art a strangerH4033, which GodH430 gaveH5414 unto AbrahamH85.2 5And IsaacH3327 sent awayH7971 JacobH3290: and he wentH3212 to Padan–aramH6307 unto LabanH3837, sonH1121 of BethuelH1328 the SyrianH761, the brotherH251 of RebekahH7259, Jacob’sH3290 and Esau’sH6215 motherH517.

6When EsauH6215 sawH7200 that IsaacH3327 had blessedH1288 JacobH3290, and sent him awayH7971 to Padan–aramH6307, to takeH3947 him a wifeH802 from thence; and that as he blessedH1288 him he gave him a chargeH6680, sayingH559, Thou shalt not takeH3947 a wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of CanaanH3667; 7And that JacobH3290 obeyedH8085 his fatherH1 and his motherH517, and was goneH3212 to Padan–aramH6307; 8And EsauH6215 seeingH7200 that the daughtersH1323 of CanaanH3667 pleasedH5869 notH7451 IsaacH3327 his fatherH1;3 9Then wentH3212 EsauH6215 unto IshmaelH3458, and tookH3947 unto the wivesH802 which he had MahalathH4258 the daughterH1323 of IshmaelH3458 Abraham’sH85 sonH1121, the sisterH269 of NebajothH5032, to be his wifeH802.4

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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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