Genesis 28:7
Esau also saw that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Paddan Aram.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8Esau saw that the women of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey me and flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
Leviticus 19:3Everyone must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1
Ephesians 6:3“so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
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 →