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Genesis 28:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram. "

Genesis 28:7

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5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”

7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

9 So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

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Genesis 31:18

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"and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan."

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Genesis 35:9

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"God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him."

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Hosea 12:12

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"Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds."

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Judith 8:26

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"Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother."

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Acts 7:15

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"Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;"

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2 Chronicles 17:4

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"but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel."

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Genesis 28:1

"Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan."

Genesis 28:2

"Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother."

Genesis 28:3

"May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,"

Genesis 28:4

"and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”"

Genesis 28:5

"Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother."

Genesis 28:6

"Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”"

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