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Text -- Genesis 28:1-14 (NET)
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28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman !
28:2 Leave immediately for Paddan Aram ! Go to the house of Bethuel , your mother’s father , and find yourself a wife there , among the daughters of Laban , your mother’s brother .
28:3 May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants ! Then you will become a large nation .
28:4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham , the land where you have been living as a temporary resident .”
28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram , to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah , the mother of Jacob and Esau .
28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there . As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman .”
28:7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram .
28:8 Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac .
28:9 So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath , the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael , along with the wives he already had.
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran .
28:11 He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down . He took one of the stones and placed it near his head . Then he fell asleep in that place
28:12 and had a dream . He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens . The angels of God were going up and coming down it
28:13 and the Lord stood at its top. He said , “I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac . I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on .
28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth , and you will spread out to the west , east , north , and south . All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jacob |
Esau |
Mesopotamia |
BETHEL |
Religion |
Children |
Beth-el |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
Paddan Aram |
Benedictions |
PADANARAM |
Bethuel |
Padan-aram |
Emulation |
Mahalath |
Marriage |
Angel |
Nebaioth |
BASHEMATH |
Shaddai |
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NET Notes -> Gen 28:1; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:3; Gen 28:3; Gen 28:3; Gen 28:3; Gen 28:4; Gen 28:4; Gen 28:4; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:9; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:13; Gen 28:13; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14
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NET Notes: Gen 28:2 Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure.
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NET Notes: Gen 28:4 Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident alien, as his future descendants would aft...
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NET Notes: Gen 28:12 The Hebrew noun סֻלָּם (sullam, “ladder, stairway”) occurs only here in the OT, but there appears to b...
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