Genesis 28:7

New Century Version

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Northwest Mesopotamia.

Cross References

Genesis 25:20

When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, who came from Northwest Mesopotamia. She was Bethuel’s daughter and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:43

So, my son, do what I say. My brother Laban is living in Haran. Go to him at once!

Genesis 28:6

Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Northwest Mesopotamia to find a wife there. He also learned that Isaac had commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman

Genesis 28:8

So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.

Proverbs 1:8

My child, listen to your father’s teaching and do not forget your mother’s advice.

Proverbs 30:17

“If you make fun of your father and refuse to obey your mother, the birds of the valley will peck out your eyes, and the vultures will eat them.

Leviticus 19:3

“ ‘You must respect your mother and father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do.

Ephesians 6:3

“Then everything will be well with you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in all things, because this pleases the Lord.