44. And stay with him for a while, until your brother's wrath is quenched,

45. Until your brother's anger against you is quenched, and he forgets what you have done to him, then I will send and take you from there; Why should I lose both of you in one day?

46. And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I do not rejoice in life because of the daughters of the Hittites; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of the Hittites, such as these, from the daughters of this land, then what good is my life for?

He expressed this intention openly, as Rebekah learned, and prudently sends Jacob to Haran to Laban (for "certain days," i.e., a few), revealing only to Jacob himself the meaning of this journey (v. 42-45), and to Isaac giving another reason – to find a bride from a kindred family (v. 46). Thus, "God put into her mind everything that could contribute to the future dispensation and salvation of her son" (St. John Chrysostom, p. 579).

Chapter 28.

1-9. The flight of Jacob and the remarriage of Esau.

1. And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and commanded him, and said, "Do not take for yourself a wife from the daughters of Canaan;

Isaac summons Jacob to him in order to officially recognize him in the birthright; According to the expression of Ravv. Eliezer, it is, as it were, the application of a seal to the act of blessing, to testify to his consciousness.

2. Get up, go to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take a wife from there, from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother;

To the question: why Jacob, after so many blessings, runs away from his parental home, deprived of everything necessary, Blessed Theodoret answers: "In these imaginary misfortunes, God's care is clearly revealed... For this reason Jacob runs and goes alone, so that, having returned with a great name, he may see for himself what the providence of God is like, and teach others this. And God immediately revealed His care for James by the appearance" (Blessed Theodoret, answer to question 85; cf. John Chrysostom, p. 574). The country to which Jacob is to go, which in the account of Eliezer's departure was simply called the birthplace of Abraham (24:4,7), is now called by Isaac directly Mesopotamia (Hebrew Padan-Aram): this country has now become more famous to the patriarchal family, which is why Jacob travels alone. Isaac's admonition that Jacob should take a wife from among Laban's daughters is not given without the influence of Rebekah (27:46[835]) and according to Abraham's 24:3-4[836]), and in any case shows that Isaac is well aware that the purity of the blood of the patriarchal family is required by the nature of the theocratic law.

3. And God Almighty bless you, and multiply you, and make you multiplied, and let there be a multitude of nations from you,

4. and may Abraham (my father) give you the blessing of you, and you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land of your pilgrimage which God gave to Abraham!

As God, announcing to Abraham the birth of a son from him and the origin of numerous descendants, calls Himself the Almighty God, El-Schaddai (17:1[837]), so El-Shaddai also calls God by the same name Isaac when promising Jacob posterity and passing on to him all the blessings of Abraham's inheritance. Slav, "in the collection of languages" (LXX: έις συναγωγάς έΰνών) is more accurate and stronger than in Russian. transl., Heb. Expression Zehal-Ammim, Church of the Nations.