Genesis 28:7

that Jacob listens to his father and to his mother, and goes to Padan-Aram—

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;

In Context

6And Esau sees that Isaac has blessed Jacob, and has sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from there a wife—in his blessing him that he lays a charge on him, saying, You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan—

8and Esau sees that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of his father Isaac,

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Cross References

Genesis 27:43and now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,

Leviticus 19:3You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.

Proverbs 30:17An eye that mocks at a father, || And despises to obey a mother, || Ravens of the valley dig it out, || And young eagles eat it.

Ephesians 6:3which is the first command with a promise, “That it may be well with you, and you may live a long time on the land.”

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 →

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