CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 28
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22 verses in KJV · 269 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Genesis 28 (KJV)
28:1 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.
28:2 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.
28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1760 BC
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H3290ya.a.qovJacob · 9 occurrencesH430e.lo.himGod · 8 occurrencesH3947la.qachto take: take · 7 occurrencesH1980ha.lakhto go: went · 7 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 6 occurrencesH4725ma.qomplace · 6 occurrencesH9031kayou · 5 occurrencesH3327yits.chaqIsaac · 5 occurrencesH2088zehthis · 5 occurrencesH1323batdaughter · 5 occurrencesH1288ba.rakhto bless · 5 occurrencesH1avfather · 5 occurrencesH9033ohim · 4 occurrencesH85av.ra.hamAbraham · 4 occurrences
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