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BrLXXΠροσκαλεσάμενος δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακὼβ, εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ, λέγων, οὐ λήψῃ γυναῖκα ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων. (Proskalesamenos de Isaʼak ton Yakōb, eulogaʸsen auton, kai eneteilato autōi, legōn, ou laʸpsaʸ gunaika ek tōn thugaterōn tōn Ⱪananaiōn. )
BrTrAnd Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.
ULTThen Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him, and commanded him and said to him, “Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
USTSo Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him and told him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.
BSB § So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
OEBThen Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and instructed him, ‘You must not marry any of the daughters of Canaan.
WEBBEIsaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
JPSAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
ASVAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
DRAAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:
YLTAnd Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;
DrbyAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
RVAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
WbstrAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
KJB-1769And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
KJB-1611¶ And Isaac called Iacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and saide vnto him, Thou shalt not take a wife, of the daughters of Canaan. (¶ And Isaac called Yacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife, of the daughters of Canaan.)
BshpsAnd so Isahac called Iacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto hym: See thou take not a wyfe of the daughters of Chanaan: (And so Isahac called Yacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: See thou/you take not a wife of the daughters of Chanaan:)
GnvaThen Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (Then Izhak called Yacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan. )
CvdlThen called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him, and charged him, & sayde vnto him: Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan, (Then called Isaac his son Yacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,)
WycAnd so Isaac clepide Jacob, and blesside hym, and comaundide to hym, and seide, Nyle thou take a wijf of the kyn of Canaan; but go thou, (And so Isaac called Yacob, and blessed him, and commanded to him, and said, Nyle thou/you take a wife of the kind of Canaan; but go thou/you,)
LuthDa rief Isaak seinem Sohn Jakob und segnete ihn; und gebot ihm und sprach zu ihm: Nimm nicht ein Weib von den Töchtern Kanaans; (So shouted Isaak his son Yakob and blessese ihn; and gebot him and spoke to him: Nimm not a woman from the Töchtern Kanaans;)
ClVgVocavit itaque Isaac Jacob, et benedixit eum, præcepitque ei dicens: Noli accipere conjugem de genere Chanaan:[fn] (Vocavit therefore Isaac Yacob, and benedixit him, orderedque to_him saying: Noli accipere conyugem about in_general Chanaan: )
28.1Vocavit itaque Isaac, etc. AUG., Q. in Gen. Quod habent Latini codices: Vade in Mesopotamiam in domum Bathuel, etc., Græci habent: Fuge in Mesopotamiam, etc., ut intelligatur etiam Isaac intellexisse quod Esau de morte fratris cogitavit. Profectus vero. ISID. Jacob fugiens dolos fratris, relicta domo patria, et parentibus, vadit in regionem longinquam, ut accipiat uxorem. Similiter Christus, relictis parentibus secundum carnem, id est Judæis, et patria, id est Hierosolyma, et omnibus Judææ regionibus, abiit in gentes, ut acciperet sibi Ecclesiam, secundum illud Oseæ 2: Vocabo non plebem meam, etc.
28.1Vocavit therefore Isaac, etc. AUG., Q. in Gen. That habent Latini codices: Vade in Mesopotamiam in home Bathuel, etc., Græci habent: Fuge in Mesopotamiam, etc., as intelligatur also Isaac intellexisse that Esau about morte fratris cogitavit. Profectus vero. ISID. Yacob fugiens dolos fratris, relicta domo patria, and parentibus, vadit in regionem longinquam, as accipiat wife. Similiter Christus, relictis parentibus after/second carnem, id it_is Yudæis, and patria, id it_is Hierosolyma, and to_all Yudææ regionibus, he_is_gone in gentes, as acciperet sibi Ecclesiam, after/second illud Oseæ 2: Vocabo not/no plebem mine, etc.
28:1-2Isaac remained in the land, but Jacob had to leave it. God would deal with Jacob under the hand of Laban, his uncle (see study note on 29:1–31:55). • Believers in any age must remain spiritually pure by marrying other believers (2 Cor 6:14-18). The Canaanite people incorporated dozens of groups and clans into their society and religion by wars, treaties, and marriages (see Gen 34:20-23). Abraham’s family was to resist such mixing (cp. 24:3; ch 34); they were to marry within their clan to maintain the purity of the line and of the faith that identified them as the chosen seed. The surest way to lose their distinctiveness was to intermarry with people of other tribal backgrounds and beliefs (see Ezra 9–10; Neh 13:23-29).
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Also, for some languages it may be necessary to make it explicit that Jacob arrived. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Then he blessed him” or “After he came, Isaac blessed him”
If the word “woman” is used here in your translation, make sure it refers to a virgin woman who has never been married, or is general enough to include that. Alternate translation: “Do not marry a woman who is a descendant of Canaan.” or “You must not take a wife from among the Canaanite women.” or “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram
Genesis 26:23-29:1
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
