Gen 28:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 28:1-2 (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.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Bethuel son of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham; Bethuel was the father of Rebecca,a town; early home of the descendants of Shime-i of Simeon

· Canaanite residents of the region of Canaan

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

· Laban son of Bethuel; brother of Rebecca; father of Leah and Rachel; uncle and father-in-law of Jacob,a town in Moab

· Paddan-Aram the extreme upper end of Mesopotamia inhabited by the Arameans

· Paddan-aram the extreme upper end of Mesopotamia inhabited by the Arameans

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NET Notes: Gen 28:1 Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

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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Text -- Genesis 28:1-2 (NET)

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NET Notes -> Gen 28:1; Gen 28:2

NET Notes: Gen 28:1 Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

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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