Verse 6
Genesis 28:6
Bible in Basic English
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So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֗ו כִּֽי בֵרַ֣ךְ יִצְחָק֮ אֶֽת יַעֲקֹב֒ וְ/שִׁלַּ֤ח אֹת/וֹ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽ/ה אֲרָ֔ם לָ/קַֽחַת ל֥/וֹ מִ/שָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֑ה בְּ/בָרֲכ֣/וֹ אֹת֔/וֹ וַ/יְצַ֤ו עָלָי/ו֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹֽא תִקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה מִ/בְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן
English Translation
And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan Aram to take for himself a wife from there, and that he had commanded him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan."
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Chapter 28 Context
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Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan...
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But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife...
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And may God (Elohim), the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so tha...
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And may God (Elohim) give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of...
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So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the bro...
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So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a...
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And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
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It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
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So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Neba...
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So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
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And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down...
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And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of...
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And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Abraham your father, and...
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Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to...
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And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this lan...
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And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of...
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And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God...
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And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pill...
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And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
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Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God (Elohim) will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey,...
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So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God (Elohim),
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And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God (Elohim)'s house: and of all you give me...
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