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Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

KJV

sed vade, et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriæ, ad domum Bathuel patris matris tuæ, et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui.

Vulgate

ἀναστὰς ἀπόδραθι εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Συρίας εἰς τὸν οἶκον Βαθουὴλ τοῦ πατρὸς τῆς μητρός σου, καὶ λάβε σεαυτῷ ἐκεῖθεν γυναῖκα ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Λαβὰν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρός σου.

LXX

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

ASV

ק֥וּם לֵךְ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽ/ה אֲרָ֔ם בֵּ֥יתָ/ה בְתוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י אִמֶּ֑/ךָ וְ/קַח לְ/ךָ֤ מִ/שָּׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה מִ/בְּנ֥וֹת לָבָ֖ן אֲחִ֥י אִמֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People BethuelLaban

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֑ם
'rm
proper_noun · 21×
בְּתוּאֵל֙
btv'l
proper_noun · 10×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 22:20 — And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
  • Gen 24:4 — But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
  • Gen 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  • Gen 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
  • Gen 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
  • Gen 25:20 — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
  • Gen 28:5 — And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
  • Gen 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
  • Gen 35:9 — And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
  • Gen 46:15 — These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
  • Heb 11:20 — By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
  • Hos 12:12 — And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
  • Mal 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife