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So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram[a] to visit Bethuel’s son Laban, the Aramean[b] and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Esau Marries a Canaanite Woman

Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram[c] to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob,[d] “Don’t marry a Canaanite woman.” After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother’s instructions to set out for Paddan-aram,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:5 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
  2. Genesis 28:5 In later centuries this region would be called Syria
  3. Genesis 28:6 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
  4. Genesis 28:6 Lit. him
  5. Genesis 28:7 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia