So now, my son, listen to me as I command you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
- KJV Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
- BSB Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
- NKJV Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.
- NLT Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.
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Quick answer
Rebekah urges Jacob to obey her instructions.
Overview
She presses Jacob to follow her plan exactly, taking command of the scheme. Her insistence reveals both her resolve and the moral problem of pursuing a God-given end by deceitful means. The narrative neither approves the deception nor denies that God's purpose for Jacob stood firm.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Eph 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Gen 27:13His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Gen 25:23Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
- Gen 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
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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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