Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among those people but don’t let him marry a Canaanite girl.
Genesis 28:1 - Easy To Read Version Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Then Isaac gave him a command. Isaac said, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO ISAAC called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan. American Standard Version (1901) And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Common English Bible So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and gave him these orders: “Don’t marry a Canaanite woman. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: "Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: |
Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among those people but don’t let him marry a Canaanite girl.
My master forced me to make a promise to him. My master said to me, ‘You must not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among those people, but I don’t want him to marry one of the Canaanite girls.
Go back to my country to my own people. There find a wife for my son Isaac and bring her here to him.”
Prepare the food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat it. Then I will bless you before I die.”
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about these women. Why? Because they are not our people. I’ll just die if Jacob marries one of these women too!”
Esau learned that his father Isaac blessed Jacob. And Esau learned that Isaac sent Jacob away to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. Esau learned that Isaac commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman.
Then your men can marry our women, and our men can marry your women. Then we will become one people.
This marriage will show we have a special agreement. Then our men can marry your women, and your men can marry our women.
Judah met a Canaanite girl there and married her. The girl’s father was named Shua.
Those are the twelve families of Israel. And those are the things their father said to them. He gave each son a blessing that was right for him.
Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons. And let your daughters be married. Do that so they also may have sons and daughters. Have many children and grow in number in Babylon. Don’t become fewer in number.
This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the people of Israel before he died.
Moses had given the land of Bashan to half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan River to the other half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua blessed them and sent them home.