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Genesis 28:7

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 28:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 28:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 28

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
5And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob`s and Esau`s mother.
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
9And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham`s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, etc.] As it became him, and as it becomes all children to be obedient to their parents in all things lawful they command them; and it would have been well if Esau had been obedient to them also in a like case, the case of his marriage: and was gone to Padanaram; as they had enjoined him, to take a wife from thence.”
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