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So Isaacוַ יִצְחָקsent awayיִּשְׁלַחJacob,אֶת יַעֲקֹבand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Paddan-aram,פַּדֶּנָה אֲרָםto Labanאֶל לָבָןsonבֶּןof Bethuelבְּתוּאֵלthe Aramean,הָאֲרַמִּיthe brotherאֲחִיof Rebekah,רִבְקָהthe motherאֵםof Jacobיַעֲקֹבand Esau.וְעֵשָׂו
Genesis 28:5
Study it in the app“So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 28:5, word by word
- So 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- sent awayיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yishlach” 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 he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Paddan-aramפַּדֶּנָpadena
Paddan-aram
Paddan-aram, the plain of Aram in northern Mesopotamia, where Rebekah's family lived.
Where else “padena” appears- to Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Bethuelבְּתוּאֵלbetuel
Bethuel
Bethuel, son of Nahor and father of Rebekah and Laban; also a place.
Where else “betuel” appears- the Arameanאֲרַמִּיarami
Aramean
Aramean: from Aram, the region of Syria and northern Mesopotamia.
Where else “arami” appears- the brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- of Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- the motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- and Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears
The context
4May he give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, so that you may possess the land where you reside as an alien, which Elohim gave to Abraham.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he commanded him, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”
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?