Genesis 28:1

Good News Translation

Isaac called Jacob, greeted him, and told him, “Don't marry a Canaanite.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Genesis 24:37

My master made me promise with a vow to obey his command. He said, ‘Do not choose a wife for my son from the young women in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:4

You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives.”

Genesis 27:4

Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die.”

Genesis 27:46

Rebecca said to Isaac, “I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die.”

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 34:16

Then we will agree to intermarriage. We will settle among you and become one people with you.

Genesis 34:9

Let us make an agreement that there will be intermarriage between our people and yours.

Genesis 38:2

There Judah met a young Canaanite woman whose father was named Shua. He married her,

Genesis 48:15

Then he blessed Joseph: “May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

Genesis 6:2

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

Jeremiah 29:6

Marry and have children. Then let your children get married, so that they also may have children. You must increase in numbers and not decrease.

Deuteronomy 33:1

These are the blessings that Moses, the man of God, pronounced on the people of Israel before he died.