Genesis 28:7
And that Iacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone to Mesopotamia:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8And Esau seyng also that the daughters of Chanaan pleased not Isahac his father:
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Nowe therefore my sonne heare my voyce: make thee redy, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran,
Proverbs 30:17Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles.
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 →