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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, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. (Gen. 25:20)
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Gen. 24:29• 29And Rebecca had a brother, named 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 the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother. (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 has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:
 21Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
 22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
 23(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, 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 arose and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
 15And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebecca came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother; and she had her pitcher upon her shoulder.
 16And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
 17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.
 18And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.
 19And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.
 20And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water; and she drew for all his camels.
 21And the man was astonished at her, remaining silent, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.
 22And it came to pass when the camels had drunk enough, that the man took a gold ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten shekels weight of gold,
 23and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge?
 24And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor. (Gen. 24:10,15‑24)
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Gen. 25:20• 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. (Gen. 25:20)
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Gen. 29:1• 1And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east. (Gen. 29:1)
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Gen. 31:18• 18and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired--the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan. (Gen. 31:18)
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Gen. 32:10• 10--I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops. (Gen. 32:10)
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Gen. 35:9• 9And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him. (Gen. 35:9)
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Gen. 46:15• 15--These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram; and his daughter, Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. (Gen. 46:15)
Laban.
Gen. 24:29,50• 29And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.
 50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds 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.