Genesis 27:41-28:5

Good News Translation

⁴¹ Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”

^42 (A)But when Rebecca heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, “Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you. ⁴³ Now, son, do what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran, ⁴⁴ and stay with him for a while, until your brother's anger cools down ⁴⁵ and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send someone to bring you back. Why should I lose both of my sons on the same day?”

Isaac Sends Jacob to Laban

⁴⁶ Rebecca said to Isaac, “I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die.”

28 Isaac called Jacob, greeted him, and told him, “Don't marry a Canaanite. ² Go instead to Mesopotamia, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters. ³ May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations! ^4 (B)May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!” ⁵ Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.