Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, the Syrian, brother to Rebecca, his mother. sent away Jacob. 21 years, he was obliged to leave him in a clandestine manner, not without danger of being brought back, or murdered by his enraged brother; no sooner were these fears over, than he experienced the baseness of his son Reuben, in defiling his bed; he had next to bewail the treachery and cruelty of Simeon and Levi toward the Shechemites; then he had to feel the loss of his beloved wife; he was next imposed upon by his own sons, and had to lament the supposed untimely end of Joseph; and to complete all, he was forced by famine to go into Egypt, and there died, in a strange land. So just, wonderful, and instructive are all the ways of Providence! Padan-aram. Genesis 28:2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle. Context Jacob Flees to Laban…4And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather. 5And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, the Syrian, brother to Rebecca, his mother. Cross References Genesis 25:20 Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban. Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, hear my voice, arise and flee to Laban, my brother, to Haran: Genesis 29:12 And he told her that he was her father's brother, and the son of Rebecca: but she went in haste and told her father. Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife. Jump to Previous Aram Aramaean Aramean Bethuel Bethu'el Esau Esau's Isaac Jacob Jacob's Laban Mother Padanaram Padan-Aram Paddan Paddan-Aram Rebecca Rebekah Rebekah's Syrian WayJump to Next Aram Aramaean Aramean Bethuel Bethu'el Esau Esau's Isaac Jacob Jacob's Laban Mother Padanaram Padan-Aram Paddan Paddan-Aram Rebecca Rebekah Rebekah's Syrian WayLinks Genesis 28:5 NIVGenesis 28:5 NLT Genesis 28:5 ESV Genesis 28:5 NASB Genesis 28:5 Bible Apps Genesis 28:5 Biblia Paralela Genesis 28:5 Chinese Bible Genesis 28:5 French Bible Genesis 28:5 German Bible Alphabetical: and Aram Aramean away Bethuel brother Esau he his Isaac Jacob Laban mother of on Paddan Paddan-aram Rebekah sent son the Then to was way went who OT Law: Genesis 28:5 Isaac sent Jacob away (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |