Genesis

Genesis 28:2

2“Go at once to Paddan-aram,a to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Footnotes

  • a 28:2 That is, northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6, and 7

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Goלֵךְ֙lêḵVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
at onceק֥וּםqūmVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH6965 arise, stand up, stand
to Paddan-aramאֲרָ֔ם’ă·rāmNoun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH758 Aram
to the houseבֵּ֥יתָהbê·ṯāhNoun - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH1004 house
of your mother’sאִמֶּ֑ךָ’im·me·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH517 mother
fatherאֲבִ֣י’ă·ḇîNoun - masculine singular constructH1 father
Bethuelבְתוּאֵ֖לḇə·ṯū·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH1328 Bethuel
and takeוְקַח־wə·qaḥ-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH3947 take
a wifeאִשָּׁ֔ה’iš·šāhNoun - feminine singularH802 woman, wife, female
from among the daughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmib·bə·nō·wṯPreposition-m; Noun - feminine plural constructH1323 daughter
of Labanלָבָ֖ןlā·ḇānNoun - proper - masculine singularH3837 Laban
your mother’sאִמֶּֽךָ׃’im·me·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH517 mother
brotherאֲחִ֥י’ă·ḥîNoun - masculine singular constructH251 brother

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 25:20 · Hosea 12:12 · Genesis 24:15–24 · Genesis 28:5 · Genesis 46:15 · Genesis 24:50 · Genesis 35:9 · Genesis 32:10 · Genesis 24:29 · Genesis 22:20–23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.