Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
and Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Padan-aram;
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 Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia:
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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 28:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esau Marries An Ishmaelite
6 And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Padan-aram in order to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 and Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Padan-aram; 8 and when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
And now, my son, obey my voice and arise. Flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Leviticus 19:3
You shall each man revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths. I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks at his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:3
so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.