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Jacob’s Flight to Laban

28 So Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Get up. Go to Paddan Aram,[a] to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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  1. Genesis 28:2 Paddan Aram is located in what today is northern Syria, along the border with Turkey.

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(B) Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](C) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(D) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(E)

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  1. Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7