Genesis 28:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.”

Genesis 28:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:517 words

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāh—

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

בֶּןbenSon

בְּתוּאֵלbətûʾēlBethuel

הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah

אֵםʾēmMother

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְעֵשָׂוwəʿēśāwAnd Esav

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

בֶּןbenSon

בְּתוּאֵלbətûʾēlBethuel

הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah

אֵםʾēmMother

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְעֵשָׂוwəʿēśāwAnd Esav

Explore community notes on Genesis 28:5

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion