Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
- BSB So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- NKJV Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.
- NASB Now then, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!
- NLT So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.
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Quick answer
Rebekah urges Jacob to flee to her brother Laban in Haran to escape Esau's murderous anger over the stolen blessing.
Overview
Following Jacob's deception, Esau resolves to kill him, so Rebekah counsels flight to her family in distant Haran. Her plan to protect Jacob also, unknowingly, sets the stage for God to fulfill the promise of a wife from Abraham's kindred and the long discipline Jacob will undergo. God's purposes advance even through human fear and family fracture.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
- Gen 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Gen 27:13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- Gen 24:29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
- Prov 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Gen 12:4–5So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Acts 5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Gen 28:7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
- Jer 35:14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
- Gen 28:10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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