Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob obeying his parents was gone into Syria:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, hear my voice: arise and flee to Laban my brother to Haran:
Leviticus 19:3Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
Ephesians 6:3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon 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 →