Arise, go to Padanaram, 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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lève-toi, va à Paddan-Aram, à la maison de Bethuel, père de ta mère, et prends-y une femme d'entre les filles de Laban, frère de ta mère.
KJV
Arise, go to Padanaram, 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.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
τρὸς τῆς μητρός σου, καὶ λάβε σεαυτῷ ἐκεῖθεν γυναῖκα ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Λάβαν ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρός σου“ (Gen. 28, 2), ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Ἀαρών· „ἔλαβε δὲ Ἀαρὼν τὴν Ἐλισάβετ, θυγατέρα Ἀμιναδάμ, ἀδελφὴν Ναασσών, ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα“ (Exod. 6, 23). Ἰσαὰκ δὲ καὶ | Μωυσῆς λαμβάνουσι μέν, οὐ δι’ ἑαυτῶν…
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
ς τῆς μητρός σου, καὶ λάβε ἐκεῖθεν σαυτῷ γυναῖκα ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Λάβαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρός σου“ (Gen. 28,2). πάλιν καὶ οὗτος οὐ Σύρον εἶπε τὸν Λάβαν, ἀλλὰ Ῥεβέκκας ἀδελφόν, μέλλοντα κατ’ ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κῆδος συνάπτειν. „ἀπόδραθι οὖν εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν,“ τουτέστιν εἰς μ…
Ambrose of Milan
One Book on the Flight from the World
you how blessed the flight that Jacob undertook truly was. Rebecca advised, "Flee to Mesopotamia" (Genesis 28:2). Isaac also said, "Get up and go to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel." In hymns or oracles, Bethuel is often said to mean wisdom, but in Latin interpretation, it…
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