Genesis 28:1
And Isaac calls to Jacob, and blesses him, and commands him, and says to him, “You must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
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Genesis 6:2and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.
Genesis 24:37And my lord causes me to swear, saying, You do not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.
Genesis 27:4and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die.”
Genesis 27:33and Isaac trembles a very great trembling and says, “Who, now, [is] he who has provided game, and brings to me, and I eat of all before you come in, and I bless him? Indeed, he is blessed.”
Genesis 28:3and God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and you have become an assembly of peoples;
Genesis 34:16then we have given our daughters to you, and we take your daughters for ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
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 →