Genesis 28:5

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Genesis 22:23

Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Genesis 24:54

Then Abraham's servant and the men with him ate and drank, and spent the night there. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me go back to my master.”

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 27:43

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

Genesis 28:2

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.

Genesis 29:1

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

Genesis 29:12

He told her, “I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca.” She ran to tell her father;

Genesis 31:24

In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, “Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way.”

Genesis 35:27

Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

Ezekiel 27:16

The people of Syria bought your merchandise and your many products. They gave emeralds, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies in payment for your wares.

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.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, in the Lord's presence you will recite these words: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.