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and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
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A Model of Obedience
Commentators see Jacob's actions as a straightforward model of how children should obey their parents in all lawful matters. His willingness to listen to both his father and mother and undertake a long journey stands as a positive, instructive example.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
קהל qâhāl — “congregation.”
מחלת māchălat — Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.”
לוּז l…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother As it became him, and as it becomes all children to be obedient to t…
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