Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Canaan were evil before his father Isaac,
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Haran.
Leviticus 19:3Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
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 →