Genesis 28:1-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jacob Is Sent Away

28 So Isaac called Jacob and ^(A)blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “^(B)You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. ² Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of ^(C)Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. ³ May ^[a](D)God Almighty ^(E)bless you and ^(F)make you fruitful and ^(G)multiply you, that you may become a ^(H)company of peoples. ⁴ May He also give you the ^(I)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your ^[b]descendants with you, that you may ^(J)possess the land of your ^(K)sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.” ⁵ Then ^(L)Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.