Genesis 28:1-3

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Jacob Is Sent Away

28 So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan. ²^[a]Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there as a wife for yourself one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. ³May ^[b]God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples.

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Footnotes

Genesis 28:2 The Hebrew verb “to stand” or “arise” is often used as an instruction to prepare to fulfill a command, somewhat similar to the military command “attention.”
Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai.