Genesis 28:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Go at once to your mother's father Bethuel in northern Syria and choose a wife from one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

Cross References

Genesis 24:10

Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.

Genesis 24:29

Her brother Laban heard her tell what the servant had said, and he saw the ring and the bracelets she was wearing. So Laban ran out to Abraham's servant, who was standing by his camels at the well.

Genesis 24:4

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

Genesis 24:50

Laban and Bethuel answered, “The LORD has done this. We have no choice in the matter.

Genesis 25:20

and he was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria. Almost twenty years later,

Genesis 28:5

Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.

Genesis 29:1

As Jacob continued on his way to the east,

Genesis 31:18

for the home of his father Isaac in Canaan. Jacob took all the flocks, herds, and other property that he had got in northern Syria.

Genesis 32:10

I don't deserve all the good things you have done for me, your servant. When I first crossed the Jordan, I had only my walking stick, but now I have two large groups of people and animals.

Genesis 33:18

After leaving northern Syria, Jacob arrived safely at Shechem in Canaan and set up camp outside the city.

Genesis 35:9

After Jacob came back to the land of Canaan, God appeared to him again. This time he gave Jacob a new name and blessed him by saying: I am God All-Powerful, and from now on your name will be Israel instead of Jacob. You will have many children. Your descendants will become nations, and some of the men in your family will even be kings.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob escaped to Syria where he tended sheep to earn himself a wife.

Hosea 12:13

I sent the prophet Moses to lead Israel from Egypt and to keep them safe.