KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
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.
5 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ק֥וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiלֵךְ֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהH6307 · pad.danPaddanאֲרָ֔םH758 · a.ramAramבֵּ֥יתָהH1004 · betplaceבְתוּאֵ֖לH1328 · be.tu.elBethuelאֲבִ֣יH1 · avfatherאִמֶּ֑ךָH517 · emmotherוְקַח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeלְךָ֤H9031 · kayouמִשָּׁם֙H8033 · shamthereאִשָּׁ֔הH802 · ish.shahwomanמִבְּנ֥וֹתH1323 · batdaughterלָבָ֖ןH3837 · la.vanLabanאֲחִ֥יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאִמֶּֽךָ׃H517 · emmother
Cross-references
Genesis 25:20And 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.Hosea 12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].Genesis 28:5And 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.Genesis 46:15These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three.Genesis 22:20-23And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;Genesis 35:9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.Genesis 24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.Genesis 24:15-24And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.Genesis 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.Genesis 24:29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.Genesis 31:18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.Genesis 29:1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
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