Genesis 28:6
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
KJV
Videns autem Esau quod benedixisset pater suus Jacob, et misisset eum in Mesopotamiam Syriæ, ut inde uxorem duceret ; et quod post benedictionem præcepisset ei, dicens : Non accipies uxorem de filiabus Chanaan :
Vulgate
ἴδεν δὲ Ἠσαὺ ὅτι εὐλόγησεν Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἀπῴχετο εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Συρίας λαβεῖν ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα, ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ λέγων Οὐ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Χανάαν·
LXX
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
ASV
וַ/יַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֗ו כִּֽי בֵרַ֣ךְ יִצְחָק֮ אֶֽת יַעֲקֹב֒ וְ/שִׁלַּ֤ח אֹת/וֹ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽ/ה אֲרָ֔ם לָ/קַֽחַת ל֥/וֹ מִ/שָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֑ה בְּ/בָרֲכ֣/וֹ אֹת֔/וֹ וַ/יְצַ֤ו עָלָי/ו֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹֽא תִקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה מִ/בְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 27:33 — And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be bless
- Gen 28:1 — 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.
- Num 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.