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Genesis 28:7

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And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
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  1. Colossians 3:20Rank 1 from verse 7
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    20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

  2. Ephesians 6:1Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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    3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  4. Exodus 20:12Rank 4 from verse 7
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  5. Genesis 27:43Rank 5 from verse 7
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    43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

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Genesis 28:7

COMBINED MEANING

obeyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).

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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.

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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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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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6¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;

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8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

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