Genesis 28:1-5

Jacob Sent to Laban

1 Then Isaac called Jacob ¹and blessed him and directed him, ²"You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

2 ³Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of ⁴Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

3 ⁵God Almighty^[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

4 May he give ⁶the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of ⁷the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!"

5 Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

Genesis 28:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 28

In this chapter an account is given of the charge Isaac gave to Jacob not to marry a Canaanitess, but to go to Padanaram, and take a wife from his mother's family, and of his blessing him before he sent him away, Ge 28:1-5; of the notice that Esau took of this blessing and charge, which led him to take a wife of the family of Ishmael, Ge 28:6-9; of the dream of the ladder, which Jacob had in his way to Haran, Ge 28:10-12; of the blessing which God conferred upon him there, Ge 28:13-15; of the awfulness of the place upon his awaking, and of his erecting a pillar in it, and giving a name to it, Ge 28:16-19; and of the vow he made to God, should he be supplied with the necessaries of life, and be kept in safety by him, Ge 28:20-22.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 6
• 2. [See Genesis 27:46 above]
• 3. Hosea 12:12
• 4. Genesis 22:23
• 5. See Genesis 17:1
• 6. See Genesis 12:2, 3
• 7. Genesis 17:8; Genesis 36:7; Genesis 37:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew El Shaddai