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Genesis 28:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 28:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women.(A) 2 Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(B) 3 May God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.(C)
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- 28.3 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 28:1-3
New International Version
Genesis 28:1-3
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28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(B) 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](C) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(D) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(E) 3 May God Almighty[b](F) bless(G) you and make you fruitful(H) and increase your numbers(I) until you become a community of peoples.
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- Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
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