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Genesis 28

Genesis 28 ( Genesis • Chapter 28 (22 verses)): And Isaac called Jacob , and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan . Arise, go to Paddan –aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's broth... Mentions: Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Bethuel , Laban , Paddan , Esau . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Justification by Faith, Imputation & Pauline Theology—Sola Fide is directly grounded in Genesis 15:6 , Habakkuk 2:4 , and the Pauline corpus ( Rom 3:21-28 , Rom 4 , Gal 2:16 ): God forensically declares the sinner righteous through faith in Jesus Christ . The debate between the Reformation forensic imputation model and the New Perspective on Paul is cataloged under scholarly-debate.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Isaac (Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham ): ( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ). (mentioned in Genesis 17 , Genesis 21 , Genesis 22 ) Jacob/Israel (Generation 22 • Messianic Line • Child of Isaac): ( Genesis 21:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 49:33 ) G-d changed Jacob 's name to Israel ( Genesis 32:28 ). (mentioned in Genesis 21 , Genesis 32 , Genesis 49 ) Noah (Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech ): ( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Jephunneh (Generation 25 • Child of Shelah ): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 28 , Numbers 13 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet — Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ). Ziggurat of Ur — Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 28:10 : "And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran ."; Genesis 28:8 : "And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;"; Genesis 28:7 : "And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan –aram;". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 28 ( Genesis • Chapter 28 (22 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters), Acts 28 ( Acts • Chapter 28 (31 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Genesis 28
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 28 (22 verses)

And Isaac called Jacob , and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan . Arise, go to Paddan –aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's broth... Mentions: Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Bethuel , Laban , Paddan , Esau .

Genesis
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Genesis 28:10
99% Verse
Genesis Chapter 28, Verse 10

Scripture passage in Genesis 28:10

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 12 –50 following God's covenant with Abraham , the trials of Isaac and Jacob , and Joseph 's descent into Egypt showing God working good through human failure.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Genesis 37:28
99% Verse
Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 28

Scripture passage in Genesis 37:28

Isaac
94% Messianic Line
Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ).

Jacob/Israel
94% Messianic Line
Generation 22 • Messianic Line • Child of Isaac

( Genesis 21:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 49:33 ) G-d changed Jacob's name to Israel ( Genesis 32:28 ).

Noah
93% Messianic Line
Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

עֵזֶר
ezer (ʿēzer) [AY-zer]
H5828 Hebrew noun masculine 21x
helper, rescue, counterpart

Help, vital rescuer; applied to woman as corresponding counterpart to man (ezer kenegdo, Genesis 2:18), and to God as Israel's sole deliverer.

Derivation: From עָזַר (H5826) to help, succor.
Jephunneh
84% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Ishmael
83% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 16:16 , 1 Chronicles 1:28 , Genesis 25:17 ) Ishmael became an archer ( Genesis 21:20 ).

Haran
79% Gen 20
Generation 20 • Child of Terah

Haran is a biblical figure in Generation 20, child of Terah , parent of Lot . ( Genesis 11:26 , Genesis 11:28 )

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
IMAGE • artwork

Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 1 –11 exploring creation, the human rebellion in Eden , the spread of sin through Cain and the Flood , and God's scattering of humanity at Babylon .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Sola Fide, Forensic Righteousness, 4QMMT 'Works of the Law', and the New Perspective on Paul

Sola Fide is directly grounded in Genesis 15:6 , Habakkuk 2:4 , and the Pauline corpus ( Rom 3:21-28 , Rom 4 , Gal 2:16 ): God forensically declares the sinner righteous through faith in Jesus Christ . The debate between the Reformation forensic imputation model and the New Perspective on Paul is cataloged under scholarly-debate.

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31

Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

In the tenth generation from Adam , Noah builds an ark to preserve life through the global Flood ( Genesis 6:14 , Genesis 7:6 ), leading to God's everlasting covenant with all living creatures and the repopulation of the earth through Shem , Ham , and Japheth .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Ziggurat of Ur
64% 3D Model
Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31

Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Acts 28
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Acts • Chapter 28 (31 verses)

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of st... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Alexandria , Syracuse , Rhegium , Puteoli , Rome .

Matthew 28
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Matthew • Chapter 28 (20 verses)

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the do... Mentions: Mary, Yeshua the Messiah , Galilee .

1 Chronicles 28
51% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 28 (21 verses)

And David assembled all the princes of Israel , the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the ki... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Jerusalem .

1 Samuel 28
51% Chapter
1 Samuel • Chapter 28 (25 verses)

And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel . And Achish said unto David , Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David, Samuel , Saul , Amalek , Ramah 1 , Shunem , Gilboa .

2 Chronicles 28
51% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 28 (27 verses)

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father: For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel , and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover he ... Mentions: Ahaz , David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zichri , Jerusalem , Syria , Damascus , Ephraim , Samaria .

Deuteronomy 28
51% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 28 (68 verses)

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come ... Mentions: Egypt .

Exodus 28
51% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 28 (43 verses)

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel , that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar , Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for gl... Mentions: Aaron, Jacob/Israel , Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar .

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 28:10 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran .

Genesis 28:8 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Genesis 28:7 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan –aram;

Genesis 28:21 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

Genesis 28:3 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

Genesis 28:16 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba ,

Genesis 28:19 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

Genesis 28:1 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And Isaac called Jacob , and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan .

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Genesis 28:17 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Genesis 28:5 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan –aram unto Laban , son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah , Jacob 's and Esau 's mother.

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

Genesis 28:9 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

Then went Esau unto Ishmael , and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham 's son, the sister of Nebaioth , to be his wife.

And Isaac loved Esau , because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob .

Genesis 28:2 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

Arise, go to Paddan –aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Genesis 28:4 (KJV)
Genesis 28 KJV

And give thee the blessing of Abraham , to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham .

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

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