Genesis 27:43

Now therefore, my son, obey me and flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

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

In Context

42The words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “See, your brother Esau is consoling himself about you by planning to kill you.

44Stay with him for a while, until your brother's fury subsides,

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Cross References

Genesis 12:4So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 25:20Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:13His mother said to him, “My son, let any curse fall on me. Just obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.”

Genesis 28:10Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.

Jeremiah 35:14The words of Jonadab son of Rekab that he gave to his sons as a command, not to drink any wine, have been observed to this very day. They have obeyed their ancestor's command. But as for me, I myself have been making persistent proclamations to you, but you do not listen to 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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