Genesis 28:7
and [that] Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Ephesians 6:3that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived 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 →