Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth 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 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.
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 And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan -- 7 that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram -- 8 and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
Exodus 20:12
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Leviticus 19:3
Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Proverbs 30:17
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Ephesians 6:1
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
Ephesians 6:3
which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
Colossians 3:20
the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;