Focused Passage

Genesis 28:1-9

Jacob Is Sent Away, Receives the Covenant Blessing, and Encounters the LORD at Bethel

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1 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.

4 And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

5 So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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,”

7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

8 And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

9 Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

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Verse 1

Original words

So Isaac יִצְחָ֛ק H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition called for וַיִּקְרָ֥א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Jacob יַעֲקֹ֖ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular and blessed וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ H1288 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular him אֹת֑וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Do not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle take תִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a wife אִשָּׁ֖ה H802 Noun - feminine singular from the Canaanite כְּנָֽעַן׃ H3667 Noun - proper - masculine singular women מִבְּנ֥וֹת H1323 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct he commanded וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙ H6680 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular . . . וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 2

Original words

Go לֵךְ֙ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular at once ק֥וּם H6965 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular vvv פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה H6307 to Paddan-aram אֲרָ֔ם H758 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular to the house בֵּ֥יתָה H1004 Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular of your mother’s אִמֶּ֑ךָ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular father אֲבִ֣י H1 Noun - masculine singular construct Bethuel בְתוּאֵ֖ל H1328 Noun - proper - masculine singular and take וְקַח־ H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular - מִשָּׁם֙ H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb a wife אִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Noun - feminine singular from among the daughters מִבְּנ֥וֹת H1323 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct of Laban לָבָ֖ן H3837 Noun - proper - masculine singular your mother’s אִמֶּֽךָ׃ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular brother אֲחִ֥י H251 Noun - masculine singular construct

BSB notes

  • That is, northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6, and 7
Verse 3

Original words

May God וְאֵ֤ל H410 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Almighty שַׁדַּי֙ H7706 Noun - proper - masculine singular bless יְבָרֵ֣ךְ H1288 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular you אֹֽתְךָ֔ H853 Direct object marker | second person masculine singular and make you fruitful וְיַפְרְךָ֖ H6509 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular and multiply you וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ H7235 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular so that you may become וְהָיִ֖יתָ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular a company לִקְהַ֥ל H6951 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of peoples עַמִּֽים׃ H5971 Noun - masculine plural

BSB notes

  • Hebrew El-Shaddai
Verse 4

Original words

And may He give וְיִֽתֶּן־ H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the blessing בִּרְכַּ֣ת H1293 Noun - feminine singular construct of Abraham אַבְרָהָ֔ם H85 Noun - proper - masculine singular to you לְךָ֖ Preposition | second person masculine singular and your descendants וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣ H2233 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . אִתָּ֑ךְ H854 Preposition | second person masculine singular so that you may possess לְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙ H3423 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the land אֶ֣רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct where you dwell as a foreigner מְגֻרֶ֔יךָ H4033 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular the land אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural gave נָתַ֥ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to Abraham לְאַבְרָהָֽם׃ H85 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

So Isaac יִצְחָק֙ H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶֽת־ H853 Direct object marker sent וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Jacob יַעֲקֹ֔ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular vvv פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה H6307 to Paddan-aram אֲרָ֑ם H758 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Laban לָבָ֤ן H3837 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Bethuel בְּתוּאֵל֙ H1328 Noun - proper - masculine singular the Aramean הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י H761 Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular the brother אֲחִ֣י H251 Noun - masculine singular construct of Rebekah רִבְקָ֔ה H7259 Noun - proper - feminine singular [who was] the mother אֵ֥ם H517 Noun - feminine singular construct of Jacob יַעֲקֹ֖ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Esau וְעֵשָֽׂו׃ H6215 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

Now Esau עֵשָׂ֗ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular learned וַיַּ֣רְא H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction Isaac יִצְחָק֮ H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶֽת־ H853 Direct object marker had blessed בֵרַ֣ךְ H1288 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Jacob יַעֲקֹב֒ H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular and sent וְשִׁלַּ֤ח H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular him אֹתוֹ֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular vvv פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה H6307 to Paddan-aram אֲרָ֔ם H758 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular to take לָקַֽחַת־ H3947 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct a wife אִשָּׁ֑ה H802 Noun - feminine singular there מִשָּׁ֖ם H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb vvv בְּבָרֲכ֣וֹ H1288 Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular vvv אֹת֔וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular commanding וַיְצַ֤ו H6680 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular him עָלָיו֙ H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular . . . לֵאמֹ֔ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Do not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle marry תִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular . . . אִשָּׁ֖ה H802 Noun - feminine singular a Canaanite כְּנָֽעַן׃ H3667 Noun - proper - masculine singular woman מִבְּנ֥וֹת H1323 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Verse 7

Original words

and that Jacob יַעֲקֹ֔ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular had obeyed וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע H8085 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition his father אָבִ֖יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and mother אִמּ֑וֹ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular and gone וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular vvv פַּדֶּ֥נָֽה H6307 to Paddan-aram אֲרָֽם׃ H758 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Verse 8

Original words

And עֵשָׂ֔ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular seeing וַיַּ֣רְא H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular that כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction his father אָבִֽיו׃ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Isaac יִצְחָ֥ק H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular disapproved of רָע֖וֹת H7451 Adjective - feminine plural . . . בְּעֵינֵ֖י H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc the Canaanite כְּנָ֑עַן H3667 Noun - proper - masculine singular women בְּנ֣וֹת H1323 Noun - feminine plural construct
Verse 9

Original words

Esau עֵשָׂ֖ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular went וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Ishmael יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל H3458 Noun - proper - masculine singular and married וַיִּקַּ֡ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶֽת־ H853 Direct object marker Mahalath מָחֲלַ֣ת׀ H4258 Noun - proper - feminine singular the sister אֲח֧וֹת H269 Noun - feminine singular construct of Nebaioth נְבָי֛וֹת H5032 Noun - proper - masculine singular [and] daughter בַּת־ H1323 Noun - feminine singular construct of Abraham’s אַבְרָהָ֜ם H85 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct Ishmael יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל H3458 Noun - proper - masculine singular in addition to עַל־ H5921 Preposition the wives לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס H802 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular . . . נָשָׁ֖יו H802 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular he already had ל֥וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular

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