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Genesis 28:1

CanaanIsaacIsrael
Marriage
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.

2 “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.

3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

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BSB
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
KJV
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.
WEB
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
BLB
And Isaac called to Jacob, and he blessed him, and he commanded him and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
ÅB
Da kalte Isak Jakob til seg og velsignet ham og befalte ham og sa til ham: Du skal ikke ta noen av Kana'ans døtre til hustru.
OTB
Så kalte Isak til seg Jakob og velsignet ham, og sa til ham: "Du må ikke ta en kone fra Kanaans døtre.
B1930
Da kalte Isak Jakob til sig og velsignet ham og bød ham og sa til ham: Du skal ikke ta nogen av Kana'ans døtre til hustru.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:3

    and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

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  • Genesis 28:3–4

    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

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  • Genesis 27:46

    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

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  • Genesis 6:2

    the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:14–16

    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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  • Genesis 26:34–35

    When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

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  • Genesis 24:37

    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

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  • Deuteronomy 33:1

    This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

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