27 ⁴⁶ Rebecca said to Isaac, 'I am weary to death of Hittite women! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like those who live here, my life will not be worth living.'

28 ¹ Isaac called Jacob, blessed him and gave him instructions. He said, 'You must not marry one of these women of Canaan. 28 ² Go at once to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, in Paddan-aram, and there find a wife, one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 28 ³ God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful and increase your descendants until they become a host of nations. 28 ⁴ May he bestow on you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham, and may you thus possess the country where you are now living, the land which God gave to Abraham!' 28 ⁵ So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, and brother to Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.