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;”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 28:6 in context
Genesis 28:3–9
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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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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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and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
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Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
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