Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
In Context
8and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Cross References
Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Ephesians 6:3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest 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 →