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Text -- Genesis 28:1-7 (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 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Mesopotamia |
Jacob |
Benedictions |
PADANARAM |
Paddan Aram |
Bethuel |
Padan-aram |
Children |
BETHUEL (1) |
HETH |
Blessing |
Laban |
Parents |
Shaddai |
Emulation |
Intermarrying |
Issachar |
Marriage |
Syria |
Haran |
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