Genesis 28:2

Good News Translation

Go instead to Mesopotamia, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters.

Cross References

Genesis 24:10

The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:29

Now Rebecca had a brother named Laban, and he ran outside to go to the well where Abraham's servant was.

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 24:50

Laban and Bethuel answered, “Since this matter comes from the Lord, it is not for us to make a decision.

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 28:5

Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 29:1

Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East.

Genesis 32:10

I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.

Genesis 33:18

On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city.

Genesis 35:9

When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

Genesis 46:15

These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three.

Hosea 12:12

Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.

Hosea 12:13

The Lord sent a prophet to rescue the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and to take care of them.