Genesis 28 · Verse 5

Genesis 28:5

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
Genesis 28:5, King James Version

Genesis 28:5 in other translations

BSBSo Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
WEBIsaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Isaac sendeth away Jacob, and he goeth to Padan-Aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
DARBYAnd Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
BBESo Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
WebsterAnd Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

What does Genesis 28:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Bethuel the Syrian - Literally the Aramean, so called, not because he was of the race of Aram the son of Shem, but because he dwelt in that country which had been formerly possessed by the descendants of Aram.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 28:1-5

Chapter Outline Isaac sends Jacob to Padan-aram. (1-5) Esau marries the daughter of Ishmael. (6-9) Jacob's vision. (10-15) The stone of Beth-el. (16-19) Jacob's vow. (20-22) Verses 1-5 Jacob had blessings promised both as to this world and that which is to come; yet goes out to a hard service. This corrected him for the fraud on his father. The blessing shall be conferred on him, yet he shall smart for the indirect…

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Genesis 28:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he sent offH7971
יִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakIsaacH3327
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
פַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahPaddan towardsH6307
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758
אֶל\־'el-toH413
לָבָ֤ןla.VanLabanH3837
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
בְּתוּאֵל֙be.tu.'ElBethuelH1328
הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔יha.'a.ra.Mithe ArameanH761
אֲחִ֣י'a.Chi[the] brother ofH251
רִבְקָ֔הriv.KahRebekahH7259
אֵ֥ם'em[the] mother ofH517
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וְעֵשָֽׂו\׃ve.'e.Savand EsauH6215

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sent away Jacob.Whoever observes Jacob's life, after he had surreptitiously obtained his father's blessing, will perceive that he enjoyed very little worldly felicity. His brother purposed to murder him, to avoid which he was forced to flee from his father's house; his uncle Laban deceived him, as he had deceived his father, and treated him with great rigour; after a servitude of 21 years, he was obliged to leave him in a clandestine manner, not without danger of being brought back, or murdered by his enraged brother; no sooner were these fears over, than he experienced the baseness of his son Reuben, in defiling his bed; he had next to bewail the treachery and cruelty of Simeon and Levi toward the Shechemites; then he had to feel the loss of his beloved wife; he was next imposed upon by his own sons, and had to lament the supposed untimely end of Joseph; and to complete all, he was forced by famine to go into Egypt, and there died, in a strange land. So just, wonderful, and instructive are all the ways of Providence!
Padan-aram.
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Context

  • Genesis 28:4

    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.

  • Genesis 28:5

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

  • Genesis 28:6

    When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

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Genesis 28:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así envió Isaac á Jacob, el cual fué á Padan-aram, á Labán, hijo de Bethuel Arameo, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y de Esaú.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Isaac fit partir Jacob, qui s’en alla à Paddan-Aram, vers Laban, fils de Bethuel, l’Araméen, frère de Rebecca, mère de Jacob et d’Ésaü.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Isaak entließ Jakob; und er ging nach Paddan-Aram zu Laban, dem Sohne Bethuels, des Aramäers, dem Bruder Rebekkas, der Mutter Jakobs und Esaus. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque dimisisset eum Isaac, profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriæ ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri, fratrem Rebeccæ matris suæ.