Parallel Verses
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;
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 Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learned that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria. 7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. 8 It was clear to Esau that his father despised the local Canaanite women.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
Go quickly, my son. Run away to my brother Laban in Haran.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.
Leviticus 19:3
Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!
Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Ephesians 6:3
Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.