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Esau’s Lost Hope

Genesis 27:43

In 11 translations

BSB
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
KJV
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
WEB
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
ASV
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
LSV
and now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,
YLT
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
DBY
And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
DRC
Now therefore, my son, hear my voice: arise and flee to Laban my brother to Haran:
GNV
Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, and flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban,
JPS
Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
LXXE
Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֥ה בְנִ֖י שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֑י וְק֧וּם בְּרַח־לְךָ֛ אֶל־לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה׃
LXX-Br
Νῦν οὖν, τέκνον, ἄκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς, καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπόδραθι εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς Λάβαν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου εἰς Χαῤῥάν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 27:8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
  • Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they…
  • Genesis 27:13His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
  • Genesis 28:7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
  • Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
  • Jeremiah 35:14The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken…
  • Genesis 12:4–5So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had…
  • Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
  • Genesis 24:29Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
  • Genesis 28:10Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

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