Genesis 28:1
And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;
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Genesis 6:2and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
Genesis 24:37'And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.
Genesis 27:4and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'
Genesis 27:33and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, 'Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? — yea, blessed is he.'
Genesis 28:3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;
Genesis 34:16then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have 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 →