Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia:
New American Standard Bible
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
King James Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
Holman Bible
And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram.
International Standard Version
After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother's instructions to set out for Paddan-aram,
A Conservative Version
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
American Standard Version
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
Amplified
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
Bible in Basic English
And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
Darby Translation
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will hear to his father, and to his mother, and will go to Padan Aram.
King James 2000
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddanaram;
Lexham Expanded Bible
and [that] Jacob listened to his father and to his mother and went to Paddan-Aram.
Modern King James verseion
and Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Padan-aram;
NET Bible
Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.
New Heart English Bible
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
The Emphasized Bible
And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother, - and took his journey to Padan-aram.
Webster
And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
World English Bible
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
Youngs Literal Translation
that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram --
Themes
Children » Good » Obey parents
Children » Instances of » Esau
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 28:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esau Marries An Ishmaelite
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Mesopotamia, to fetch him a wife thence, and that, as he blessed him he gave him a charge saying 'see thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,' 7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia: 8 and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father:
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran:
Exodus 20:12
"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Leviticus 19:3
See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 30:17
Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.
Ephesians 6:3
"that thou mayst be in good estate, and live long on the earth."
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your fathers and mothers, in all things, for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.