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Genesis 28:1-3 New International Version (NIV)

1. So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.

2. Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

3. May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.

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