Genesis 28:1
New International Version
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.

New Living Translation
So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.

English Standard Version
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

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

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

New American Standard Bible
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, saying to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

NASB 1995
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

NASB 1977
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Amplified Bible
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.

Christian Standard Bible
So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite girl.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: “Don’t take a wife from the Canaanite women.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Isaaq called Yaquuv and blessed him and he commanded him and said to him, “Do not take a woman from the daughters of Canaan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.

Contemporary English Version
Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said: Don't marry any of those Canaanite women.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You are not to marry any of the Canaanite women.

Good News Translation
Isaac called Jacob, greeted him, and told him, "Don't marry a Canaanite.

International Standard Version
Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And Isaac calls to Jacob, and blesses him, and commands him, and says to him, “You must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

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

New American Bible
Isaac therefore summoned Jacob and blessed him, charging him: “You shall not marry a Canaanite woman!

NET Bible
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

New Revised Standard Version
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women.

New Heart English Bible
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Young's Literal Translation
And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;

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Context
Jacob Flees to Laban
1So 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.…

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,

Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 27:33
Isaac began to tremble violently and said, "Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him--and indeed, he will be blessed!"

Genesis 28:6
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman,"


Treasury of Scripture

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

blessed.

Genesis 28:3,4
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …

Genesis 27:4,27-33
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die…

Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Thou shalt.

Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 24:3,37
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: …

Genesis 26:34,35
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: …

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Genesis 28
1. Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.
6. Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.
10. Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.
18. The stone of Bethel.
20. Jacob's vow.














XXVIII.

(1) Isaac called Jacob. . . . --Though Rebekah's primary motive was her concern for Jacob's safety, yet we must not imagine that his marriage was a mere pretext. On the contrary, now that he was acknowledged as the firstborn, both he and she would have been abandoning his high position had they not arranged for the fulfilment of his duty in this respect. What is remarkable is the frankness of Isaac's conduct. There is no attempt to substitute Esau for Jacob, nor to lessen the privileges of the latter, but with hearty cheerfulness he blesses the younger son, and confirms him in the possession of the whole Abrahamic blessing.

Verse 1. - And Isaac (recognizing the wisdom and propriety of Rebekah's suggestion that a bride should now be sought for him whom God had so unmistakably declared to be the heir of the theocratic promise) called Jacob (to his bed-side), and blessed him, - in enlarged form, renewing the benediction previously given (Genesis 27:27) - and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan (cf. Genesis 14:3). Intermarriage with the women of the land was expressly forbidden to the theocratic heir, while his attention was directed to his mother's kindred.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Isaac
יִצְחָ֛ק (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

called for
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

and blessed
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (way·ḇā·reḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

him.
אֹת֑וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

“Do not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take
תִקַּ֥ח (ṯiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a wife
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

from the Canaanite
כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

women,”
מִבְּנ֥וֹת (mib·bə·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

he commanded.
וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙ (way·ṣaw·wê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


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