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Genesis 28:7

In 11 translations

BSB
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
KJV
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
WEB
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
ASV
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
LSV
that Jacob listens to his father and to his mother, and goes to Padan-Aram—
YLT
that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram —
DBY
and [that] Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
DRC
And that Jacob obeying his parents was gone into Syria:
GNV
And that Iaakob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:
JPS
and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;
LXXE
and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶל־אִמּ֑וֹ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ פַּדֶּ֥נָֽה אֲרָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἤκουσεν Ἰακὼβ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Συρίας.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
  • Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  • Genesis 27:43So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
  • Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
  • Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • 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.
  • Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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