Genesis 28:6

וַיַּרְא עֵשָׂו כִּֽי ־ בֵרַךְ יִצְחָק אֶֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב וְשִׁלַּח אֹתוֹ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם לָקַֽחַת ־ לוֹ מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה בְּבָרֲכוֹ אֹתוֹ וַיְצַו עָלָיו לֵאמֹר לֹֽא ־ תִקַּח אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָֽעַן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

5וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם אֶל ־ לָבָן בֶּן ־ בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי אֲחִי רִבְקָה אֵם יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָֽׂו ׃

7וַיִּשְׁמַע יַעֲקֹב אֶל ־ אָבִיו וְאֶל ־ אִמּוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 27:33וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַד ־ מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר מִֽי ־ אֵפוֹא הוּא הַצָּֽד ־ צַיִד וַיָּבֵא לִי וָאֹכַל מִכֹּל בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא וָאֲבָרֲכֵהוּ גַּם ־ בָּרוּךְ יִהְיֶֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:2-6

Jacob Dismissed with a Blessing. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 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. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed… Read the whole commentary →

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