Genesis 28:2
but aryse ad gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father: and there take the a wife of the doughters of Laban thi mothers brother.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
3And God allmightie blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of people
Cross References
Genesis 22:23And Bethuel begat Rebecca. These.viij. dyd Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother
Genesis 24:10And the seruaunte toke.x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cytie of Nahor.
Genesis 24:29And Rebecca had a brother called Laban.And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well:
Genesis 25:20And Isaac was.xl. yere olde whe he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia and sister to Iaban the Sirien.
Genesis 29:1Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete and wet toward the east countre.
Genesis 32:10I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte. For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue Igoten.ij. droves
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 →