Verse 6
Genesis 28:6
New Living Translation
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Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”
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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So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.
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Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your...
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May God (Elohim) Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply an...
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May God (Elohim) pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you o...
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So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brot...
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Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and...
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He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram.
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It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
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So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to th...
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10
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
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11
At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a...
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12
As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angel...
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At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God (Elohim) of your gra...
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14
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all direction...
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What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to...
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Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware...
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But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of...
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The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he s...
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He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God (Elohim)”), although it was previously called...
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Then Jacob made this vow: “If God (Elohim) will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, an...
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and if I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will certainly be my God (Elohim).
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And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God (Elohim), and I will p...
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