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.
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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.
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Arise, go to Padan-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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Genesis 28:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
- Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
- Genesis 22:20-23 After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 24:15-24 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.” She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink. When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.” She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?” She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.
- Genesis 28:5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
- Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
- Genesis 35:9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
- Genesis 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
- Genesis 24:10 The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- Genesis 31:18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 2. Arise, go to Padan-aram. In the first place,…
2. Arise, go to Padan-aram. In the first place, he commands him to take a wife from his maternal race. He might have sent for her by some one of his servants, as Rebekah had been brought to him; but perhaps he took this course to avoid the envy of Esau, who might regard it as a reproach if more solicitude were manifested about his brother’s marriage than about his own.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house…
Gen 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.
Ver. 2. Arise, go to Padanaram.] Jacob was no sooner blest, but banished. So our Saviour was no sooner out of the water of baptism, and had heard, "This is my beloved Son," &c., but he was presently in the fire of temptation, and heard, "If thou be the Son," &c. {Mat 3:1-17; Mat 4:1-11} When Hezekiah had set all in good order, {2Ch 31:1-21} then up came Sennacherib with an army. {2Ch 32:1} God puts his people to it; and often, after sweetest feelings.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The house of Bethuel. See Gen 22:22-23; 25:20
The house of Bethuel. See Gen 22:22-23; 25:20
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Arise, go to Padanaram,.... Of this place; see Gill…
Arise, go to Padanaram,.... Of this place; see Gill on Gen 25:20; either he is bid to go directly, in haste and alone; perhaps by this time Rebekah had given Isaac some hint of the ill design of Esau against him, which made Isaac the more urgent upon him to be gone, as well as it was high time he had took to himself a wife:
to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; who though now dead in all probability, yet the house and family went by his name:
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and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother: who had daughters unmarried, of which no doubt Isaac and Rebekah had knowledge, a correspondence being kept up between the two families, though at a great distance.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Go to Padan-aram] This mission, in its…
Verse 2. Go to Padan-aram] This mission, in its spirit and design, is nearly the same as that in Ge 24:1-4, c., which see. There have been several ingenious conjectures concerning the retinue which Jacob had, or might have had, for his journey and by some he has been supposed to have been well attended. Of this nothing is mentioned here, and the reverse seems to be intimated elsewhere. It appears, from Ge 28:11, that he lodged in the open air, with a stone for his pillow; and from Ge 32:10, that he went on foot with his staff in his hand; nor is there even the most indirect mention of any attendants, nor is it probable there were any. He no doubt took provisions with him sufficient to carry him to the nearest encampment or village on the way, where he would naturally recruit his bread and water to carry him to the next stage, and so on. The oil that he poured on the pillar might be a little of that which he had brought for his own use, and can be no rational arguement of his having a stock of provisions, servants, camels, &c., for which it has been gravely brought. He had God alone with him.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Take. Septuagint, "flee;" as if Isaac began at last…
Take. Septuagint, "flee;" as if Isaac began at last to be apprized of Esau’s designs. Wisdom (x. 10) conducted the just when he fled from his brother’s wrath, &c. --- Thy uncle. He points out the house, but leaves the woman to his choice.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Padan-aram — See on Gen_24:10.
2. Padan-aram — See on Gen_24:10.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. Paddan-aram] See note on Gen_25:20. This is the…
2. Paddan-aram] See note on Gen_25:20. This is the name given by P (cf. Gen_31:18, Gen_33:18, Gen_35:9; Gen_35:26, Gen_46:15) to the region which in the J narrative is called “Haran”: another indication of the literary distinctness of this passage from that which immediately precedes it: see Gen_27:43.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Padan-aram.—See Note on Gen_25:20. Throughout this verse Isaac…
(2) Padan-aram.—See Note on Gen_25:20. Throughout this verse Isaac shows a much more intimate acquaintance with the family at Haran than was possessed by Abraham. (Comp. Gen_24:4.) And though we gather from Gen_28:5 that Bethuel was now dead, yet it is evident that he was a person of more importance than is supposed by the Rabbins, who ascribe to his feebleness or death the prominent part taken by Laban in his sister’s marriage. It was this greater knowledge which made Isaac send Jacob in person, and not a deputy. With a few trusty attendants he would journey till he reached the usual caravan route which led through Damascus to Haran. and would then attach himself to some trading company for escort and society.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Arise, go to Padan-aram, (vide Gen_14:10 Gen_25:20 Gen_27:43) to…
Arise, go to Padan-aram, (vide Gen_14:10 Gen_25:20 Gen_27:43) to the house of Bethuel thy mother"s father. (vide Gen_14:24) If yet alive, Bethuel must have been very old, since he was Isaac"s cousin, and probably born many years before the son of Abrahamand take thee a wife from thence though Isaac"s wife was found for him, he does not think of imitating Abraham and dispatching Another,eliezer in search of a spouse for Rebekah s son. Probably he saw that Jacob could attend to that business sufficiently without assistance from othersof the daughters of Laban thy mother"s brother. (vide Gen_14:2-9) "Isaac appears to entertain no doubt of Jacob"s success, which might be the more probable since the same reason which kept Jacob from marrying in Canaan might prevent Laban"s daughters from being married in Haran, the worshippers of the Lord being few (Inglis).
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