Genesis 28:2 meaning and explanation
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaac is speaking to Jacob, whom he has just blessed, and he sends him away from Canaan to find a wife among his mother Rebekah's relatives. The command matters because Canaanite women were tied to the idolatry around them, and Isaac wants the family line to stay within the covenant promise God made to Abraham.
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