Genesis 27:43

So, my son, listen carefully to what I tell you. Leave immediately and go to my brother Laban in Haran.

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In The King James Version

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

In Context

42However, Rebekah found out what Esau was saying, so she sent for Jacob. “Look,” she told him, “your brother Esau is making himself feel better by making plans to kill you.

44Stay with him for a while until your brother's anger cools down.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:4So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.

Genesis 25:20When Isaac was 40 he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:13“Let the curse fall on me, my son,” his mother replied. “Just do what I tell you. Go and get the young goats for me.”

Genesis 28:10In the meantime Jacob had set off from Beersheba on his way to Haran.

Jeremiah 35:14The instructions of Jonadab son of Rechab have been followed. He ordered his descendants not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this day because they have obeyed their forefather's command. But I have told you what to do time and again, and yet you refuse to obey me!

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:42-46

Jacob's Life Threatened by Esau. ( b. c. 1760.) 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee… Read the whole commentary →

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