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Genesis 28:5-7
New English Translation
Genesis 28:5-7
New English Translation
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.
6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there.[a] As he blessed him,[b] Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”[c] 7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.
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- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”
- Genesis 28:6 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.
- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
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