Genesis 28:1

Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

In Context

2Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Genesis 24:37My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

Genesis 27:4Make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 27:33Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”

Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

Genesis 34:16then will we give our daughters to you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will 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 →

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