Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
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Bible References
Obey
Genesis 27:8
So now, my son, listen [carefully] to me [and do exactly] as I command you.
Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
Jeremiah 35:14
“The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine has been observed [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they do not drink wine, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have repeatedly spoken to you, yet you have not listened to Me.
Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men [we have no other choice].
Haran
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed [in faithful obedience] as the Lord had directed him; and Lot [his nephew] left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 28:10
Now Jacob left Beersheba [never to see his mother again] and traveled toward Haran.
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Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.