“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.”
Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel. Take a wife from there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. The instruction mirrors the instructions Abraham gave his servant in Genesis 24:4. The covenant line requires covenant wives from the covenant family. The application: the instruction to go to the right place for the right provision is the pattern throughout the patriarchal narratives. Go to the family. Take from within the covenant community.
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