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Genesis 28:1 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verse 1
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.Genesis 28:1 · King James Version
Genesis 28:1 in context
1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, 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.
3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- chargedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- IsaacYitschâqJitschak , son of AbrahamH3327 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
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Jacob had no sooner obtained the blessing than immediately he was forced to flee from his country; and, as it if were not enough that he was a stranger and sojourner there, he must go to be more so, and no better than an exile, in another country. Now Jacob fled into Syria, Hos 12:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5