Genesis 28:1
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.
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Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were attractive. They took for themselves wives, any of them that they chose.
Genesis 24:37My master made me swear, saying, 'You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I make my home.
Genesis 27:4Make delicious food for me, the sort that I love, and bring it to me so I can eat it and bless you before I die.”
Genesis 27:33Isaac trembled very much and said, “Who was it that hunted this game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed.”
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples.
Genesis 34:16Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live with you and 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 →