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Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother&#8217s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother&#8217s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother&#8217s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there as a wife for yourself one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother&#8217s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother&#8217s brother. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Go at once to your mother's father Bethuel in northern Syria and choose a wife from one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Quick! Go to Paddan Aram. Go to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father, and get yourself a wife from there from the daughters of your uncle Laban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother?s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother?s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take for yourself a wife from there, from the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy uncle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go now to Paddan-aram, to the home of your mother’s father Bethuel, and there choose a wife for yourself from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father; and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take for yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Arise, go to Padan d'Aram to the house of Bethuyel, the father of your mother, and take for yourself from there a woman from the daughters of Laban, the brother of your mother.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/28-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6730" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Jacob Flees to Laban</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">at once</a> <a href="/hebrew/6307.htm" title="6307: pad·de·nāhThe place where Rachel died. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ’ă·rām (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">to Paddan-aram,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯāh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·me·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">of your mother’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî (N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">father</a> <a href="/hebrew/1328.htm" title="1328: ḇə·ṯū·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently from the same as bathah and 'el; destroyed of God; Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine.">Bethuel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·qaḥ- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and take</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: mib·bə·nō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">from among the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/3837.htm" title="3837: lā·ḇān (N-proper-ms) -- Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob. The same as laban; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert.">of Laban,</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·me·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">your mother’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ă·ḥî (N-msc) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">brother.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-3.htm">Genesis 24:3-4</a></span><br />and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, / but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34-35</a></span><br />When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. / And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Genesis 27:46</a></span><br />Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Genesis 29:1-2</a></span><br />Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. / He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-37.htm">Genesis 24:37-38</a></span><br />My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell, / but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a></span><br />and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Genesis 31:18</a></span><br />and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-9.htm">Genesis 35:9-12</a></span><br />After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. / And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel. / And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1-4</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-23.htm">Genesis 22:23</a></span><br />And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Genesis 24:15</a></span><br />Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a></span><br />Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-3.htm">Genesis 48:3-4</a></span><br />Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me / and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-30.htm">Genesis 49:30-31</a></span><br />The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. / There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take you a wife from there of the daughers of Laban your mother's brother.</p><p class="hdg">Arise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Hosea 12:12</a></b></br> And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept <i>sheep</i>.</p><p class="hdg">Padan-aram.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Genesis 28:5</a></b></br> And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-20.htm">Genesis 22:20-23</a></b></br> And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-10.htm">Genesis 24:10,15-24</a></b></br> And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master <i>were</i> in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor… </p><p class="hdg">Laban.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-29.htm">Genesis 24:29,50</a></b></br> And Rebekah had a brother, and his name <i>was</i> Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Bethuel</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Bethu'el</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/27-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Laban</a> <a href="/genesis/27-29.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Once</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Padanaram</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Padan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Paddan</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Paddan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/genesis/27-45.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Bethuel</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Bethu'el</a> <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/28-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Laban</a> <a href="/genesis/29-10.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Once</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Padanaram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Padan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Paddan</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Paddan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/31-35.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/31-24.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">The stone of Bethel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Jacob's vow.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This area is significant as it is the homeland of Abraham's family. The urgency in "go at once" underscores the importance of Jacob's mission to find a wife from his own kin, reflecting the patriarchal emphasis on maintaining the purity of the covenant lineage. This journey also mirrors Abraham's servant's mission to find a wife for Isaac, emphasizing the continuity of God's promises through family lines.<p><b>to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel</b><br>Bethuel is the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, making him Jacob's maternal grandfather. This connection highlights the importance of family ties and the preservation of the Abrahamic covenant through specific familial lines. The house of Bethuel represents a return to the roots of the family, ensuring that Jacob's marriage aligns with God's covenantal promises. This also reflects the cultural practice of endogamy, marrying within one's extended family or tribe, which was common in ancient Near Eastern societies.<p><b>and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban</b><br>Laban is Rebekah's brother, making him Jacob's uncle. The instruction to take a wife from Laban's daughters ensures that Jacob marries within the covenant family, preserving the lineage through which God's promises to Abraham would be fulfilled. This directive also foreshadows the future events in Jacob's life, including his marriages to Leah and Rachel, which play a crucial role in the formation of the twelve tribes of Israel. The emphasis on marrying within the family underscores the importance of maintaining cultural and religious identity.<p><b>your mother’s brother</b><br>This phrase reinforces the familial connection and the importance of kinship in the biblical narrative. By marrying within his mother's family, Jacob is ensuring that his descendants remain part of the covenant community. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness to His promises through specific family lines. The mention of "your mother's brother" also highlights the matrilineal aspect of Jacob's journey, as Rebekah's influence and family ties play a significant role in the unfolding of God's plan for Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The father of Jacob, who gives him the instruction to go to Paddan-aram.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The son of Isaac, who is being sent to find a wife from his mother's family.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a></b><br>A region in Mesopotamia, where Jacob is instructed to find a wife.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethuel.htm">Bethuel</a></b><br>The father of Rebekah, Jacob's mother, and the grandfather of Jacob.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>Rebekah's brother, Jacob's uncle, from whose daughters Jacob is to choose a wife.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_parental_guidance.htm">Obedience to Parental Guidance</a></b><br>Jacob's journey underscores the importance of honoring and obeying parental guidance, especially when it aligns with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/marrying_within_the_faith.htm">Marrying Within the Faith</a></b><br>The instruction to marry from within the family of faith highlights the biblical principle of maintaining spiritual unity in marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_relationships.htm">God's Sovereignty in Relationships</a></b><br>Jacob's journey to Paddan-aram is part of God's sovereign plan, reminding us that God orchestrates our relationships for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>Jacob's journey required trust in God's provision and guidance, encouraging us to rely on God when making significant life decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heritage_and_legacy.htm">Heritage and Legacy</a></b><br>The emphasis on family lineage and heritage in this passage reminds us of the importance of leaving a godly legacy for future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_arranged_marriages.htm">What does the Bible say about arranged marriages?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_the_arameans_significant.htm">What is the historical significance of the Arameans?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_childbirth_'unclean'_in_leviticus.htm">In Leviticus 12:2, why does the text declare a mother 'unclean' immediately after childbirth if bearing children was divinely mandated (Genesis 1:28)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jacob_and_esau_reconcile_quickly.htm">How could Jacob and Esau reconcile so suddenly in Genesis 33:4 after years of hostility, and is there historical evidence for Esau's 400 men?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Padan-aram.</span>--See Note on <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm" title="And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.">Genesis 25:20</a>. Throughout this verse Isaac shows a much more intimate acquaintance with the family at Haran than was possessed by Abraham. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/24-4.htm" title="But you shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac.">Genesis 24:4</a>.) And though we gather from <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm" title="And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.">Genesis 28:5</a> that Bethuel was now dead, yet it is evident that he was a person of more importance than is supposed by the Rabbins, who ascribe to his feebleness or death the prominent part taken by Laban in his sister's marriage. It was this greater knowledge which made Isaac send Jacob in person, and not a deputy. With a few trusty attendants he would journey till he reached the usual caravan route which led through Damascus to Haran. and would then attach himself to some trading company for escort and society.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Arise, go to Padan-aram</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/14-10.htm">Genesis 14:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Genesis 27:43</a>), <span class="cmt_word">to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father</span>; - (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/14-24.htm">Genesis 14:24</a>). If yet alive, Bethuel must have been very old, since he was Isaac's cousin, and probably born many years before the son of Abraham - <span class="cmt_word">and take thee a wife from thence</span> - though Isaac's wife was found for him, he does not think of imitating Abraham and dispatching another Eliezer in search of a spouse for Rebekah s son. Probably he saw that Jacob could attend to that business sufficiently without assistance from others - <span class="cmt_word">of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> Genesis 14:29). "Isaac appears to entertain no doubt of Jacob's success, which might be the more probable since the same reason which kept Jacob from marrying in Canaan might prevent Laban's daughters from being married in Haran, the worshippers of the Lord being few (Inglis). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/28-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Go</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at once</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Paddan-aram,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6307.htm">Strong's 6307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Paddan-aram -- the place where Rachel died</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥יתָה</span> <span class="translit">(bê·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your mother’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמֶּ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’im·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">father</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bethuel,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְתוּאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ṯū·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1328.htm">Strong's 1328: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bethuel -- perhaps 'man of God', a nephew of Abraham</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקַח־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qaḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a wife</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשָּׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among the daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּנ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Laban,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3837.htm">Strong's 3837: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your mother’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמֶּֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’im·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brother.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/28-2.htm">Genesis 28:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/28-2.htm">OT Law: Genesis 28:2 Arise go to Paddan Aram to (Gen. 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