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Genesis 28

Gen. 28:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Arise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
, go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
to Padan-aram
Paddan (Hebrew #6307)
a plateau; or Paddan pAram {pad-dan' ar-awm'}; from the same and 758; the table-land of Aram; Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
KJV usage: Padan, Padan-aram.
Pronounce: pad-dawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to extend
i, to the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Bethuel
Bthuw'el (Hebrew #1328)
destroyed of God; Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Bethuel. Compare 1329.
Pronounce: beth-oo-ale'
Origin: apparently from the same as 1326 and 410
k thy mother’s
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
; and take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
thee a wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
from thence of the daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Laban
Laban (Hebrew #3837)
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Laban.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: the same as 3836
l thy mother’s
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
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Hos. 12:12• 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. (Hos. 12:12)
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Gen. 25:20• 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian. (Gen. 25:20)
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Gen. 24:29• 29And Rebecca had a brother, and his name [was] Laban; and Laban ran out to the man to the well. (Gen. 24:29)

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Bethuel,
Daughter,
Father,
House,
Laban,
Mother,
Padan; Padan-aram,
Wife

Cross References

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Arise.
Hos. 12:12• 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. (Hos. 12:12)
Padan-aram.
Gen. 28:5• 5And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau. (Gen. 28:5)
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Gen. 22:20‑23• 20And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children to thy brother Nachor:
 21Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel father of Aram,
 22and Chesed, and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel
 23(and Bethuel begot Rebekah). These eight Milcah bore to Nachor, Abraham's brother. (Gen. 22:20‑23)
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Gen. 24:10,15‑24• 10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed (now all the treasure of his master was under his hand); and he rose and went to Aram-naharaim , to the city of Nachor.
 15And it came to pass before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah wife of Nachor brother of Abraham, and her pitcher [she had] upon her shoulder.
 16And the maiden was very fair to look on, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
 17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me sip, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.
 18And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
 19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels I will draw, until they have done drinking.
 20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
 21And the man wondered at her, holding his peace to know whether Jehovah prospered his way or not.
 22And it came to pass, when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a gold ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets of ten [shekels] of gold,
 23and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there in thy father's house room for us to lodge in?
 24And she said to him, I [am] daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nachor. (Gen. 24:10,15‑24)
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Gen. 25:20• 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian. (Gen. 25:20)
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Gen. 29:1• 1And Jacob went on his journey , and came into the land of the sons of the east. (Gen. 29:1)
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Gen. 31:18• 18and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance that he had acquired, the cattle of his possession that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. (Gen. 31:18)
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Gen. 32:10• 10I am less than all the mercies and all the truth that thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two companies. (Gen. 32:10)
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Gen. 35:9• 9And God appeared to Jacob again, after he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. (Gen. 35:9)
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Gen. 46:15• 15These [are] the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and daughters [were] thirty-three. (Gen. 46:15)
Laban.
Gen. 24:29,50• 29And Rebecca had a brother, and his name [was] Laban; and Laban ran out to the man to the well.
 50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good. (Gen. 24:29,50)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

W. Kelly Translation

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Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.