Genesis 28:6

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

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 27:33

Isaac began to tremble and shake all over, and he asked, “Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever.”

Genesis 28:1

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

Genesis 28:7

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