Genesis 28:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

in the name of the LORD, who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:37

I solemnly promised my master that I would do what he said. And he told me, “Don't choose a wife for my son from the women in this land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:4

Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives.”

Genesis 27:4

Cook some of that tasty food that I love so much and bring it to me. I want to eat it once more and give you my blessing before I die.”

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah later told Isaac, “Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead.”

Genesis 28:6

Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learnt that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria

Genesis 34:16

Then your families can marry into ours, and ours can marry into yours, and we can live together like one nation.

Genesis 34:9

Why don't you start letting your families marry into our families and ours marry into yours?

Genesis 38:2

While there he met the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite man. Judah married her,

Genesis 48:15

Then he gave Joseph his blessing and said: My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac worshipped the LORD God. He has been with me all my life,

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is how Jacob gave each of them their proper blessings.

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married and have children, then help your sons find wives and help your daughters find husbands, so they can have children as well. I want your numbers to grow, not to get smaller.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses was a prophet, and before he died, he blessed the tribes of Israel by saying: