Genesis 28:1-3

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Jacob Searches for a Wife

28 Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him [^Land said to him], “You must not marry a ·Canaanite woman [^Ldaughter of Canaan]. ² ·Go [^LGet up and go] to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, in ·northwestern Mesopotamia [^LPaddan-aram; 25:20]. Laban, your mother’s brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters. ³ May God Almighty bless you and ·give you many children [^Lmake you fruitful and multiply you; 1:22], and may you become a ·group [assembly; congregation; company] of many peoples.