Genesis 27:43

Translations

Modern

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Traditional

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Literal

And now, my son, listen to my voice, and arise—flee for yourself to Laban my brother in Haran.

Latin

Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi vocem meam, et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran:

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Hebrew

English

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Notes

Genesis 27:42–33:17

Jacob met the Lord on a road that Abraham had traveled 125 years earlier. The story in 27:42–33:17 follows a pattern (called a "chiasm") focusing on Jacob’s exile:

A: Jacob runs away from Esau (27:42–28:9)
- B: Angels of God meet Jacob at Bethel (28:10–22)
  - C: Jacob lives in exile in Paddan-aram (29:1–31:55)
- B’: Angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim (32:1–2)
A’: Jacob reconciles with Esau (32:3–33:17).

Genesis 27:41–45

Rebekah and Jacob received the blessing, but Esau hated them for it. They also separated from one another. The Bible does not indicate that Rebekah and Jacob ever saw each other again.

They gained nothing that God would not have given them anyway. Their actions came at the expense of their relationship. Jacob had to flee from home to escape Esau's vengeance.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaac Jacob Leah Rebekah Symbolic Numbers

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Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 27:8
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
Genesis 27:13
His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Jeremiah 35:14
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
Genesis 24:29
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
Genesis 12:4–5
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Genesis 28:7
…and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Genesis 28:10
Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

People

Laban: Brother of Rebekah; father of Leah and Rachel

Places

Haran: A city in Mesopotamia, associated with Abraham and his family

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Birthright Ebla Tablets Esau Genealogy Genesis, Book of Haran (Place) Idumea, Idumeans Isaac Jacob Laban (Person) Leah Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Family: Infelicity In of Isaac, on Account of the Disagreement Between Jacob and Esau Haran: Also Called Charran: Jacob Flees To Homicide: Punishment of Jacob: Esau Seeks to Kill, Escapes to Padan-Aram Rebekah (Rebecca): Sends Jacob to Laban, Her Brother

Genesis 27:43

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