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Genesis 28:2

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Arise, go to Padan-aram, 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.
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  1. Genesis 25:20Rank 1 from verse 2
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    20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

  2. Hosea 12:12Rank 2 from verse 2
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    12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

  3. Genesis 22:20–23Rank 3 from verse 2
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    20¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

    21Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

    22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

    23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

  4. Genesis 24:15–24Rank 4 from verse 2
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    15¶ And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

    16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man 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, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

    18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

    19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

    20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

    21And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

    22And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of 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 in?

    24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

  5. Genesis 24:29Rank 5 from verse 2
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    29¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

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Genesis 28:2

COMBINED MEANING

arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

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COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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thence

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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

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1AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2Arise, go to Padan-aram, 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.

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3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

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