Genesis 28:1

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.

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  • Gen 24:3 : 3 and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples; 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
  • Gen 34:9 : 9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
  • Gen 34:16 : 16 then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
  • Gen 48:15 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
  • Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
  • Exod 34:15-16 : 15 lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • Josh 22:7 : 7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Gen 24:37 : 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
  • Gen 27:4 : 4 and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
  • Gen 27:27-33 : 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed: 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine: 29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then 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 blessed.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:2-9
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    91%

    2Arise, 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.

    3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;

    4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.

    5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

    6Now 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;

    7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

    8and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

    9and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

  • Gen 24:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

    4but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    77%

    37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

    38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

  • Gen 27:46
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    46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Gen 27:6
    74%

    6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

  • Gen 26:2
    73%

    2And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

  • Gen 24:51
    72%

    51Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath spoken.

  • Gen 27:36
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    36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Gen 31:55
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    55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

  • Gen 25:20
    72%

    20and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

  • Gen 31:3
    72%

    3And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

  • Gen 31:17
    72%

    17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;