Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
Cross References
Genesis 27:43So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;
Leviticus 19:3Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
Ephesians 6:3So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:7-10
6 When 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; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth,… Read the whole commentary →