Genesis 28:1 (WEB)
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“I reminded her how the first of these fled into Mesopotamia; and how the second surrendered himself to the Philistines, and chose to submit to foreign foes rather than to enemies at home.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvii. 41–46; xxviii. 1–5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee; and thou shalt be an assembly of peoples; and give to thee the blessing of Abraham thy father, and to thy seed after thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou dwellest, which God gave unto Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 1–4.
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