⁴³ Now then, my son, do what I say.^[a] Run away immediately^[b] to my brother Laban in Haran.

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!^{[a] 2} Leave immediately^[b] for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. ³ May the Sovereign God^[c] bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants!^[d] Then you will become^[e] a large nation.^{[f] 4} May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham^[g] so that you may possess the land^[h] God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”^{[i] 5} So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.