KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
WEB World English Bible
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, ‘Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;
Surrounding context — Genesis 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.
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.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toיִצְחָ֛קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)יַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוַיְבָ֣רֶךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֹת֑וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙H6680 · tsa.vahto commandוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayל֔וֹH9033 · ohimלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתִקַּ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanמִבְּנ֥וֹתH1323 · batdaughterכְּנָֽעַן׃H3667 · ke.na.anCanaan
Cross-references
Genesis 28:3-4And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 26:34-35And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Genesis 24:37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.2 Corinthians 6:14-16Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Genesis 49:28All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.Deuteronomy 33:1And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.Exodus 34:15-16Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;Genesis 27:27-33And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:Joshua 22:7Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the [other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,Genesis 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.Genesis 34:16Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.Genesis 34:9And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.Genesis 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
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