Verse 9
Genesis 28:9
New Living Translation
9
So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife’s name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶל יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל וַ/יִּקַּ֡ח אֶֽת מָחֲלַ֣ת בַּת יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל בֶּן אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֲח֧וֹת נְבָי֛וֹת עַל נָשָׁ֖י/ו ל֥/וֹ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה
English Translation
And Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
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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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Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
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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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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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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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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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