Jacob Sent to Laban

28 Then Isaac called Jacob (A)and blessed him and directed him, (B)“You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

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that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that (A)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

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(A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, (A)“I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.[a] (B)If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:46 Hebrew daughters of Heth

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took (A)Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35 and (B)they made life bitter[a] for Isaac and Rebekah.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:35 Hebrew they were bitterness of spirit

37 (A)My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,

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the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.

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The Temple of the Living God

14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For (B)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or (C)what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 (D)What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (E)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

(F)“I will make my dwelling among them and (G)walk among them,
    and (H)I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, (A)but to the other half Joshua had given a possession beside their brothers in the land west of the Jordan. And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them,

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Moses' Final Blessing on Israel

33 This is the blessing with which Moses (A)the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

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15 (A)lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they (B)whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and (C)you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (D)their daughters for your sons, and their daughters (E)whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

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Jacob's Death and Burial

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.

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15 And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God (A)before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
    the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

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16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.

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Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments (A)and blessed him and said,

“See, (B)the smell of my son
    is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
28 May God give you of (C)the dew of heaven
    and of the fatness of the earth
    and (D)plenty of grain and wine.
29 Let peoples serve you,
    and nations (E)bow down to you.
(F)Be lord over your brothers,
    and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(G)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
    and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

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and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul (A)may bless you before I die.”

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