Genesis 28:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

but get the vp, and go in to Mesopotamia vnto the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and take ye there a wife of ye doughters of Laban yi mothers brother.

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  • Gen 25:20 : 20 Isaac was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel ye Syrian of Mesopotamia, & Sister of Laban the Syrian.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 Iacob fled into the londe of Siria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kepte shepe.
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 So Isaac let Iacob departe, that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria, ye brother of Rebecca, his and Esaus mother.
  • Gen 29:1 : 1 Then Iacob gat him vp vpon his fete, and wente in to the east countre,
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce, that he had gotten at Mesopotamia, yt he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt (for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan, and now am I become two droues)
  • Gen 35:9 : 9 And God appeared agayne vnto Iacob, after that he was come out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him,
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These are the childre of Lea, which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. These all together with sonnes & doughters make thre & thirtie soules.
  • Gen 22:20-23 : 20 After these actes it fortuned, that it was tolde Abraham: Beholde, Milca hath borne children also vnto thy brother Nahor: 21 namely, Hus ye eldest, and Bus his brother, and Kemnel, of whom came the Syrians: 22 and Cesed, and Haso, and Pildas, and Iedlaph and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebecca. These eight dyd Milca beare vnto Nahor Abrahams brother.
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed, and had wt him of all maner of goodes of his master, and gat him vp, and departed vnto Mesopotamia, to the cite of Nahor.
  • Gen 24:15-24 : 15 And or euer he had left of speakynge, beholde, Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel (which was the sonne of Milca, that was the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother) came forth, and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder, 16 and she was a very fayre damsell of face, and yet a virgin, and vnknowne of eny man: She wente downe to the well, and fylled hir pitcher, and came vp agayne. 17 Then ranne the seruaunt to mete her, and sayde: Let me drynke a litle water out of yi pitcher. 18 And she sayde: drynke syr.And haistely let she downe the pitcher in hir hande, and gaue him drynke. 19 And whan she had geuen him drynke, she sayde: I wyll drawe for thy Camels also, tyll they haue dronke ynough. 20 And she made haist, and poured out hir pitcher in to the trough, and ranne agayne to the well to drawe, and drew for all his Camels. 21 The ma marueyled at her, and helde his tonge, tyll he knewe whether the LORDE had prospered his iourney or not. 22 Now whan the Camels had all dronken, he toke a golde earynge of half a Sycle weight, and two bracelettes for hir handes, weynge ten Sycles of golde, 23 and sayde: Doughter, whose art thou? tell me. Is there rowme for vs in thy fathers house to lodge in? 24 She sayde vnto him: I am the doughter of Bethuel, the sonne of Mylca, whom she bare vnto Nahor.
  • Gen 24:29 : 29 And Rebecca had a brother called Laban. And Laban ranne to the man without by the well syde:
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and sayde: This is come of the LORDE, therfore can we saye nothinge agaynst the, nether euell ner good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Then called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him, and charged him, & sayde vnto him: Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan,

  • Gen 28:3-7
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    3 And the Allmightie God blesse the, and make the frutefull, and multiplye the, (that thou mayest be a multitude of people)

    4 and geue the the blessynge of Abraham vnto ye & thy sede with the, that thou mayest possesse the lande, wherin thou art a straunger, which God gaue vnto Abraham.

    5 So Isaac let Iacob departe, that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria, ye brother of Rebecca, his and Esaus mother.

    6 Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and let him departe in to Mesopotamia, that he might take a wife there: and yt, as he blessed him, he charged him, & sayde: Thou shalt not take a wife of the doughters of Canaan,

    7 and that Iacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone vnto Mesopotamia:

  • Gen 24:3-4
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    3 I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)

    4 but that thou go in to my countre? and to myne owne kynred, and brynge my sonne Isaac a wife.

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    37 And my master hath taken an ooth of me and saide: Thou shalt not take a wife for my sonne amonge the doughters of the Cananites, in whose lande I dwell,

    38 but go yi waye to my fathers house and to myne owne kynred, and there take a wyfe for my sonne.

  • 20 Isaac was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel ye Syrian of Mesopotamia, & Sister of Laban the Syrian.

  • Gen 31:17-18
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    17 So Iacob gat vp, and set his children and wyues vpon Camels,

    18 and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce, that he had gotten at Mesopotamia, yt he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan.

  • 43 And now my sonne heare my voyce: Get the vp, and flye vnto my brother Laban in Haran,

  • 51 There is Rebecca before the, take her, and go thy waye, that she maye be thy masters sonnes wife, as the LORDE hath sayde.

  • 1 And God sayde vnto Iacob: Get the vp, and go vnto Bethel, & dwell there, and make there an altare vnto the God, that appared vnto the, whan thou fleddest from thy brother Esau.

  • 13 I am ye God at Bethel, where thou dyddest anoynte the stone, & maydest a vowe there vnto me. Get the vp now, & departe out of this londe, & go agayne in to the londe of thy kynred.

  • Gen 28:9-10
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    9 he wente his waye vnto Ismael, and besyde the wyues that he had afore, he toke Mahaloth the doughter of Ismael (Abrahas sonne) the sister of Nebaioth, to wife.

    10 As for Iacob, he departed from Bersaba, and wente vnto Haran

  • 3 And the LORDE sayde vnto him: Departe agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the.

  • 27 And he came to his father Isaac to Mamre in to the head cite which is called Hebron, where in Abraha & Isaac were straugers.

  • 7 The LORDE, the God of heauen, which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred, and that talked with me, and sware also vnto me, and sayde: Vnto yi sede wyll I geue this londe: Euen he shall sende his angell before the, that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence.

  • 40 Then sayde he vnto me: The LORDE (before whom I walke) shall sende his angell with the, and prospere thy iourney, that thou mayest take a wife for my sonne of myne owne kynred, and of my fathers house.

  • 10 Whan Iacob sawe Rachel ye doughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother, he wete, & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, and gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke,

  • 29 And Rebecca had a brother called Laban. And Laban ranne to the man without by the well syde:

  • 12 and tolde her, yt he was hir fathers brother, and ye sonne of Rebecca. Then ranne she, and tolde her father.

  • 16 Laban had two doughters, the eldest was called Lea, & the yongest Rachel.

  • 46 And Rebecca sayde vnto Isaac: I am weery of my life, because of the doughters of Heth: Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth, which are as the doughters of this londe, what shall this life then profit me?