یعقوب به خاطر حق تولد او را معامله کرده بود و پدرش را فریب داد تا به او برکتی درstad of Esau بدهد. یعقوب مجبور به ترک خانه برای جلوگیری از درگیری با برادرش بود.
1 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
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4 May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”
Genesis 28
5 Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
