Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother,—and took his journey to Padan-aram.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan,—in the eyes of Isaac his father:
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Now, therefore, my son, hearken to my voice,—and rise flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And my sabbaths, shall ye observe,—I—Yahweh, am your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.
Ephesians 6:3That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the land.
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 →