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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 28:2 in context
Genesis 28:1–5
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Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
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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.
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May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
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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.”
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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.
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