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IsaacיִצְחָקcalledוַיִּקְרָאJacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבand blessedוַיְבָרֶךְhimאֹתוֹand commanded himוַיְצַוֵּהוּand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“You shall not takeלֹא תִקַּחa wifeאִשָּׁהfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Genesis 28:1
Study it in the app“Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 28:1, word by word
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- and commanded himיְצַוֵּyetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “yomer” appears- “You shall not takeתִקַּחtikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- from the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
girl
The young women of a people.
Where else “benot” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Get up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
To study Genesis 28 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?