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Genesis 28:5-7
International Standard Version
Genesis 28:5-7
International Standard Version
5 So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram[a] to visit Bethuel’s son Laban, the Aramean[b] and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Esau Marries a Canaanite Woman
6 Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram[c] to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob,[d] “Don’t marry a Canaanite woman.” 7 After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother’s instructions to set out for Paddan-aram,[e]
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- Genesis 28:5 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 28:5 In later centuries this region would be called Syria
- Genesis 28:6 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 28:6 Lit. him
- Genesis 28:7 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
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