Genesis 28:7
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
פַּדָּן
Paddân
Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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