Genesis 28:1

Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Don't marry a Canaanite woman,” he ordered him.

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In The King James Version

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

In Context

2“Leave right away and go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father. Find yourself a wife there—a daughter of Laban, your mother's brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.

Genesis 24:37My master made me swear an oath, saying, ‘You must not arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the Canaanite people in whose land I'm living.

Genesis 27:4Make me that tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so I can bless you before I die.”

Genesis 27:33Isaac started to shake all over and asked, “So who was it who went hunting game and then brought it to me? I ate it all before you came back and I blessed him. His blessing will remain.”

Genesis 28:3God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.

Genesis 34:16Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters, and we will live among you and become one family.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:1

We have here, I. Jacob parting with his parents, to go to Padan-aram; the charge his father gave him ( ver. 1, 2 ), the blessing he sent him away with ( ver. 3, 4 ), his obedience to the orders given him ( ver. 5 , 10 ), and the influence this had upon Esau, ver. 6-9 . II. Jacob meeting with God, and his communion with him by the way. And there, 1. His vision of the ladder, ver. 11, 12 . 2. The gracious promises God made him, ver. 13-15 . 3. The impression this made upon him, ver. 16-19 . 4. The vow he made to… Read the whole commentary →

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