Genesis 28:2 - Exposition

Arise, go to Padan-aram ( vide Genesis 14:10 ; Genesis 25:20 ; Genesis 27:43 ), to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father ;—( vide Genesis 14:24 ). If yet alive, Bethuel must have been very old, since he was Isaac's cousin, and probably born many years before the son of Abraham— and take thee a wife from thence— though Isaac's wife was found for him, he does not think of imitating Abraham and dispatching another ,Eliezer in search of a spouse for Rebekah's son. Probably he saw that Jacob could attend to that business sufficiently without assistance from others— of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother ( vide Genesis 14:1-24 :29). "Isaac appears to entertain no doubt of Jacob's success, which might be the more probable since the same reason which kept Jacob from marrying in Canaan might prevent Laban's daughters from being married in Haran, the worshippers of the Lord being few (Inglis).