Genesis 27:41-28:5
New Living Translation
Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram
41 From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
42 But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. 43 So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran. 44 Stay there with him until your brother cools off. 45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
28 So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women. 2 Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters. 3 May God Almighty[a] bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations! 4 May God pass on to you and your descendants[b] the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Genesis 27:41-28:5
Legacy Standard Bible
41 So Esau (A)bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “(B)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Then the words of her elder son Esau were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. 43 So now, my son, (C)listen to my voice, and arise, [a]flee to (D)Haran, to my brother (E)Laban! 44 Stay with him (F)a few days, until your brother’s wrath [b]subsides, 45 until your brother’s anger [c]against you subsides and he forgets (G)what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of [d]living because of (H)the daughters of Heth; (I)if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Jacob Is Sent to Laban
28 So Isaac called Jacob and (J)blessed him and commanded him and said to him, “(K)You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of (L)Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 May [e](M)God Almighty (N)bless you and (O)make you fruitful and (P)multiply you, that you may become an (Q)assembly of peoples. 4 May He also give you the (R)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may (S)possess the land of your (T)sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.” 5 Then (U)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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:43 Lit flee for yourself
- Genesis 27:44 Lit turns away
- Genesis 27:45 Lit turns away from you
- Genesis 27:46 Lit my life
- Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai
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