Genesis 28:1

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

Cross-references

Genesis 28:4 extends the blessing with the Abrahamic land promise, directly continuing Isaac's charge and giving Jacob the covenant inheritance.

Genesis 28:3 continues Isaac's blessing with fruitfulness and multiplication — the positive promise that accompanies the marriage charge in 28:1.

Genesis 28:8 Historical context

In Genesis 28:8, Esau learns that Canaanite women displease Isaac, motivating his response.

Genesis 28:6 Historical context

In Genesis 28:6, Esau observes Isaac's command to Jacob, part of the same story.

Genesis 24:37 recounts Abraham's same instruction — the family rule behind Isaac's command to Jacob.

Genesis 27:46 Historical context

Genesis 27:46 reveals Rebekah's complaint about Esau's Hittite wives — the direct cause for Jacob's journey.

Genesis 27:27-33 records the deceptive blessing Isaac gave unknowingly; 28:1 shows him now knowingly and willingly confirming that same blessing to Jacob.

Genesis 27:4 shows Isaac intending to bless Esau after a meal — making Jacob's receipt of the blessing here a dramatic reversal of that original plan.

Genesis 26:35 Historical context

Genesis 26:35 shows the bitterness from Esau's foreign wives, explaining the urgency of this instruction.

Genesis 26:34 Historical context

Genesis 26:34 shows Esau's Hittite marriages — the specific problem prompting this command to Jacob.

Genesis 24:3 is the same family-marriage rule from Abraham to Isaac, now being repeated to Jacob.

Genesis 48:15 shows Jacob, who received Isaac's patriarchal blessing here, now passing blessing forward to Joseph's sons in the next generation.

Genesis 49:28 summarizes Jacob blessing all twelve sons — he who received Isaac's blessing here now distributes the patriarchal blessing to all Israel.

Genesis 34:9 proposes intermarriage with Shechemites — the exact foreign union this command warns against.

Genesis 34:16 again proposes intermarriage with Shechem, showing later tension over the very rule Isaac sets here.

In Genesis 46:10, Simeon's son is from a Canaanite woman, an example of intermarriage despite warnings.

Exodus 34:16 warns that marrying Canaanite women leads to idolatry, explaining the caution here.

In 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, Paul warns against unequal yoking with unbelievers, a principle that echoes this command.