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Genesis 28:6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman,"

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(Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, &#8220Do not marry a Canaanite woman,&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, &#8220;You must not marry a Canaanite woman.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, &#8220;You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, &#8220;Do not marry a Canaanite woman,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, <i>and that</i> as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, <i>and that</i> when he blessed him he commanded him, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, &#8220You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take to himself a wife from there, <i>and that</i> when he blessed him he charged him, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, <i>and that</i> when he blessed him he commanded him, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau noticed that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife for himself from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a prohibition, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, &#8220;Do not marry a Canaanite girl.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, &#8220Do not marry a Canaanite woman.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learned that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/28.htm">GOD'S WORD&reg; Translation</a></span><br />Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Paddan Aram to get a wife from there. He learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had commanded him not to marry any of the Canaanite women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learned that when Isaac blessed him, he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, ?Do not marry a Canaanite woman,?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take for himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, &#8220;You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;&#8221; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Esau sees that Isaac has blessed Jacob, and has sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from there a wife&#8212;in his blessing him that he lays a charge on him, saying, You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan&#8212;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Esau will see that Isaak praised Jacob, and sent him away to Padan Aram, to take to him from thence a wife; in blessing him, and he will command him saying, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: &#8216;You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Esau noted that Isaac had blessed Jacob when he sent him to Paddan-aram to get himself a wife there, and that, as he gave him his blessing, he charged him, &#8220;You shall not marry a Canaanite woman,&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he charged him, &#8220;You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women,&#8221;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed his brother Jacob and sent him away to Padan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him, he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Esau saw that Isaaq blessed Yaquuv his brother and sent him to Paran d'Aram to take to himself from there a wife when he blessed him and commanded him and said to him, &#8220;Do not take a woman from the daughters of Canaan&#8221;;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan';<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and <i>that</i> he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/28-6.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=6768" 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">Esau Marries Mahalath</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6215.htm" title="6215: &#8216;&#234;&#183;&#347;&#257;w (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently a form of the passive participle of asah in the original sense of handling; rough; Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity.">Now Esau</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way&#183;yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">learned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: k&#238;- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yi&#7779;&#183;&#7717;&#257;q (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: &#8217;e&#7791;- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: &#7687;&#234;&#183;ra&#7733; (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">had blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya&#183;&#8216;a&#774;&#183;q&#333;&#7687; (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: w&#601;&#183;&#353;il&#183;la&#7717; (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: &#8217;&#333;&#183;&#7791;&#333;w (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6307.htm" title="6307: pad&#183;de&#183;n&#257;hThe place where Rachel died. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: &#8217;a&#774;&#183;r&#257;m (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/3947.htm" title="3947: l&#257;&#183;qa&#183;&#7717;a&#7791;- (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/l&#333;w (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: &#8217;i&#353;&#183;&#353;&#257;h (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: mi&#353;&#183;&#353;&#257;m (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: b&#601;&#183;&#7687;&#257;&#183;ra&#774;&#183;&#7733;&#333;w (Prep-b:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: &#8217;&#333;&#183;&#7791;&#333;w (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: way&#183;&#7779;aw (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">commanding</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: &#8216;&#257;&#183;l&#257;w (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: l&#234;&#183;m&#333;r (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: l&#333;- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">&#8220;Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: &#7791;iq&#183;qa&#7717; (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">marry</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: &#8217;i&#353;&#183;&#353;&#257;h (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: k&#601;&#183;n&#257;&#183;&#8216;an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">a Canaanite</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: mib&#183;b&#601;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791; (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">woman,&#8221;</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.&#8230;<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> &middot; <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/27-41.htm">Genesis 27:41-45</a></span><br />Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, &#8220;The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.&#8221; / When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, &#8220;Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. / So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Genesis 25:28</a></span><br />Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.<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/27-30.htm">Genesis 27:30-33</a></span><br />As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father&#8217;s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt. / He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, &#8220;My father, sit up and eat of your son&#8217;s game, so that you may bless me.&#8221; / But his father Isaac replied, &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; &#8220;I am Esau, your firstborn son,&#8221; he answered. ...<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, &#8220;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?&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Genesis 29:1</a></span><br />Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a></span><br />But God said to Abraham, &#8220;Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, &#8220;Leave your country, your kindred, and your father&#8217;s household, and go to the land I will show you.<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, &#8216;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&#8217;s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-3.htm">Genesis 31:3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Jacob, &#8220;Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.&#8221;<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, &#8220;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.&#8221;<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: &#8220;Jacob, Jacob!&#8221; He said. &#8220;Here I am,&#8221; replied Jacob. / &#8220;I am God,&#8221; He said, &#8220;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="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a></span><br />Then He said, &#8220;I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.&#8221; At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-3.htm">Exodus 6:3</a></span><br />I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;</p><p class="hdg">Esau.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Genesis 27:33</a></b></br> And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where <i>is</i> he that hath taken venison, and brought <i>it</i> me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, <i>and</i> he shall be blessed.</p><p class="hdg">Thou.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Genesis 28:1</a></b></br> And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/genesis/26-5.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/genesis/27-8.htm">Command</a> <a href="/genesis/28-2.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/9-24.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Marry</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/28-2.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/28-2.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/genesis/39-4.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/genesis/41-40.htm">Command</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/42-1.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/genesis/29-26.htm">Marry</a> <a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Padanaram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Padan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Paddan</a> <a href="/genesis/28-7.htm">Paddan-Aram</a> <a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Women</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book&nbsp;&#9702;</a>&nbsp;<a href="/study/chapters/genesis/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><b>Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob</b><br>Esau's awareness of Isaac's blessing upon Jacob highlights the ongoing tension between the two brothers. The blessing, which was intended for the firstborn, was deceitfully obtained by Jacob (<a href="/genesis/27.htm">Genesis 27:1-29</a>). This event fulfills the prophecy given to Rebekah that "the older will serve the younger" (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>). The blessing was not just a paternal favor but a divine endorsement of Jacob's role in God's covenantal plan.<p><b>and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there</b><br>Paddan-aram, located in the region of Mesopotamia, was the homeland of Rebekah, Jacob's mother. This journey signifies a return to the family's roots and adherence to the tradition of marrying within the extended family, as Abraham had instructed for Isaac (<a href="/genesis/24-3.htm">Genesis 24:3-4</a>). This reflects the importance of maintaining the purity of the covenantal line, avoiding the influence of surrounding pagan cultures.<p><b>commanding him, &#8220;Do not marry a Canaanite woman,&#8221;</b><br>The command to avoid marrying a Canaanite woman underscores the cultural and religious separation that the patriarchs sought to maintain. The Canaanites were known for their idolatrous practices, which were contrary to the worship of Yahweh. This directive echoes Abraham's concern for Isaac (<a href="/genesis/24-3.htm">Genesis 24:3</a>) and foreshadows the Israelites' later prohibitions against intermarriage with surrounding nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>). It emphasizes the need for covenant fidelity and the preservation of the faith community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a></b><br>The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, who sold his birthright to Jacob and later sought to regain his father's blessing.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The son of Abraham and father of Esau and Jacob, who blessed Jacob and sent him to find a wife from his mother's family.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The younger son of Isaac, who received the blessing intended for Esau and was sent to Paddan-aram to find a wife.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a></b><br>The region where Rebekah's family lived, and where Jacob was sent to find a wife, emphasizing the importance of marrying within the covenant community.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanite_woman.htm">Canaanite Woman</a></b><br>Represents the local women whom Isaac and Rebekah did not want their sons to marry, due to their differing beliefs and practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_parental_guidance.htm">Obedience to Parental Guidance</a></b><br>Isaac's command to Jacob reflects the importance of honoring parental wisdom, especially in matters of faith and marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_heritage.htm">Spiritual Heritage</a></b><br>The emphasis on marrying within the covenant community underscores the value of shared faith in building a godly family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_choices.htm">Consequences of Choices</a></b><br>Esau's life illustrates how choices, especially regarding marriage, can have long-lasting spiritual implications.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a></b><br>The account shows God's sovereign plan unfolding through human actions, encouraging trust in His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_spiritual_distinctions.htm">Cultural and Spiritual Distinctions</a></b><br>The avoidance of Canaanite marriages highlights the need for Christians to maintain distinctiveness in their values and relationships.<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/what_defines_isaac's_life_in_the_bible.htm">What key events define Isaac's life in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jacob's_pride_important.htm">What is the significance of Jacob's pride?</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_honor_a_blessing_from_deception.htm">Why would a just God honor a blessing obtained through deliberate deception (Genesis 27:28-29)?</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>ESAU MARRIES A DAUGHTER OF ISHMAEL.</span><p>(6) <span class= "bld">When Esau.</span>--The solemn transfer of the birthright to Jacob, and Isaac's complete assent thereto, must have been the cause of no little grief to Esau, and evidently it made him feel that he had greatly contributed to this result by his own illegitimate marriages. When, then, he sees Jacob sent away to obtain a wife, in accordance with the rule established by Abraham, he determines also to conform to it, and marries a daughter of Ishmael. She is called Bashe-math in chap 36:3, and described in both places as "the sister of Nebajoth," in order to show that as Nebajoth "the firstborn" (<a href="/genesis/25-13.htm" title="And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,">Genesis 25:13</a>) was undoubtedly the son of Ishmael by his first wife, "whom Hagar took for him out of the land of Egypt" (<a href="/genesis/21-21.htm" title="And he dwelled in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.">Genesis 21:21</a>), so also Mahalath shared in this precedence, and was not the daughter of any of Ishmael's subsequent wives, or of a concubine.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6-9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When</span> (literally, and) <span class="cmt_word">Esau saw that Issue had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge</span>, - literally, <span class="accented">in his blessing</span> him (forming a parenthesis), <span class="accented">and he commanded him - <span class="cmt_word"></span>saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; and that</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone</span> (or went) <span class="cmt_word">to Padan-aram; and Esau seeing that</span> (more correctly, <span class="accented">saw that</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>the daughters of Canaan pleased not</span> (literally, <span class="accented">were evil in the eyes of</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Isaac his father; then</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>went Esau unto Ishmael</span> (<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. the family or tribe of Ishmael, aiming in this likely to please his father), <span class="cmt_word">and took unto the wives which he had</span> (so that they were neither dead nor divorced) <span class="cmt_word">Mahalath</span> (called Bashemath in <a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3</a>) <span class="cmt_word">the daughter of Ishmael</span> (and therefore Esau's half-cousin by the father's side, Ishmael, who was now dead thirteen years, having been Isaac's half-brother) <span class="cmt_word">Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth,</span> - Ishmael's firstborn (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Genesis 25:13</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">to be his wife.</span> <p> CHAPTER 28:10-22 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/28-6.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">Now Esau</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1506;&#1461;&#1513;&#1474;&#1464;&#1431;&#1493;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8216;&#234;&#183;&#347;&#257;w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6215.htm">Strong's 6215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Esau -- oldest son of Isaac</span><br /><br /><span class="word">learned</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1463;&#1497;&#1468;&#1463;&#1443;&#1512;&#1456;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(way&#183;yar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1468;&#1460;&#1469;&#1497;&#1470;</span> <span class="translit">(k&#238;-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1497;&#1460;&#1510;&#1456;&#1495;&#1464;&#1511;&#1454;</span> <span class="translit">(yi&#7779;&#183;&#7717;&#257;q)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had blessed</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1489;&#1461;&#1512;&#1463;&#1443;&#1498;&#1456;</span> <span class="translit">(&#7687;&#234;&#183;ra&#7733;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1497;&#1463;&#1506;&#1458;&#1511;&#1465;&#1489;&#1426;</span> <span class="translit">(ya&#183;&#8216;a&#774;&#183;q&#333;&#7687;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sent</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1513;&#1473;&#1460;&#1500;&#1468;&#1463;&#1444;&#1495;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;&#353;il&#183;la&#7717;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him to Paddan-aram</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1458;&#1512;&#1464;&#1428;&#1501;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;a&#774;&#183;r&#257;m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular &#124; 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 take</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1464;&#1511;&#1463;&#1469;&#1495;&#1463;&#1514;&#1470;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#257;&#183;qa&#183;&#7717;a&#7791;-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<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">&#1488;&#1460;&#1513;&#1473;&#1468;&#1464;&#1425;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;i&#353;&#183;&#353;&#257;h)</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">there,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1460;&#1513;&#1473;&#1468;&#1464;&#1430;&#1501;</span> <span class="translit">(mi&#353;&#183;&#353;&#257;m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m &#124; Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commanding him,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1463;&#1497;&#1456;&#1510;&#1463;&#1444;&#1493;</span> <span class="translit">(way&#183;&#7779;aw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">&#8220;Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1465;&#1469;&#1488;&#1470;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#333;-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">marry</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1460;&#1511;&#1468;&#1463;&#1445;&#1495;</span> <span class="translit">(&#7791;iq&#183;qa&#7717;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person 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 Canaanite</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1468;&#1456;&#1504;&#1464;&#1469;&#1506;&#1463;&#1503;&#1475;</span> <span class="translit">(k&#601;&#183;n&#257;&#183;&#8216;an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">woman,&#8221;</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1460;&#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1504;&#1445;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;</span> <span class="translit">(mib&#183;b&#601;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m &#124; 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">OT Law: Genesis 28:6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed (Gen. 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