Genesis 28:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

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  • Gen 25:20 : 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Padan Aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 And Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
  • Gen 29:1 : 1 Then Jacob continued his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.
  • Gen 35:9 : 9 And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, along with his daughter Dinah: all the descendants of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
  • Gen 22:20-23 : 20 And it happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah: these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
  • Gen 24:15-24 : 15 And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother. 16 Now the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher." 18 And she said, "Drink, my lord." Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand and gave him a drink. 19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking." 20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold, 23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?" 24 So she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."
  • Gen 24:29 : 29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:1
    86%

    1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

  • Gen 28:3-7
    5 verses
    86%

    3And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

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

    6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take himself a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he commanded him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan;

    7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

  • Gen 24:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

    4But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    83%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 25:20
    78%

    20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Padan Aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

  • Gen 31:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

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

    18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 27:43
    78%

    43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran;

  • Gen 24:51
    78%

    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

  • Gen 35:1
    77%

    1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

  • Gen 31:13
    77%

    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out of this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.

  • Gen 28:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9Then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahlath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, in addition to the wives he already had.

    10And Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

  • Gen 31:3
    76%

    3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

  • Gen 35:27
    76%

    27And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.

  • Gen 24:7
    75%

    7The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

  • Gen 24:40
    75%

    40But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.

  • Gen 29:10
    75%

    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 24:29
    75%

    29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.

  • Gen 29:12
    74%

    12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.

  • Gen 29:16
    74%

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 27:46
    74%

    46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?