Genesis 28:7

Good News Translation (US Version)

He found out that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia.

Cross References

Colossians 3:20

Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents always, for that is what pleases God.

Ephesians 6:3

“so that all may go well with you, and you may live a long time in the land.”

Ephesians 6:1

Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do.

Proverbs 30:17

If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age, you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.

Proverbs 1:8

My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you.

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you must respect your mother and your father, and must keep the Sabbath, as I have commanded. I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 20:12

“Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

Genesis 27:43

Now, son, do what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

Genesis 25:20

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.

Genesis 28:6

Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learned that when Isaac blessed him, he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman.

Genesis 28:8

Esau then understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women.