Genesis 27:43

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

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חָרָֽנָה

Chârân

H2771

“Haran · toward”

Noun, Proper + Suffix, Demonstrative

Appears 12× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 11:31

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2787

TWOT: 747

Haran = "mountaineer" - a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah (noun proper masculine) - the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates (noun proper locative)

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
10: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is חָרָֽנָה Haran H2771 — appearing just 12 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

חָרָֽנָה Haran H2771 occurs in 11 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
5 nouns
2 prepositions
1 adverb

Verb forms

שְׁמַ֣ע Qal · Imperative
וְק֧וּם Qal · Imperative
בְּרַח Qal · Imperative

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 20 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 20 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Genesis 27:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Genesis 11:31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there.
Genesis 27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
Genesis 27:13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
Genesis 12:4–5 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 24:29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
Genesis 28:7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, The young eagles shall eat it.
Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me.

Acts 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Genesis 27:43 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְעַתָּ֥ה בְנִ֖י שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֑י וְק֧וּם בְּרַח לְךָ֛ אֶל לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Genesis 27:43 Septuagint · lemma form

νῦν οὖν τέκνον ἀκούω ἐγώ ὁ φωνή καί ἀναἵστημι ἀποδιδράσκω εἰς ὁ μεσοποταμία πρός λαβαν ὁ ἀδελφός ἐγώ εἰς χαρραν

Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּכְעַן בְּרִי קַבֵּל מִנִּי וְקוּם אִזֵּיל לָךְ לְוַת לָבָן אָחִי לְחָרָן

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּכְדוּן בְּרִי קַבֵּיל מִינִי קוּם עֲרוֹק לָךְ לְנַפְשָׁךְ וְאִיזֵיל לְוַת לָבָן אָחִי לְחָרָן

And now, my son, hearken to me: arise, escape for thy life, and go unto Laban my brother, at Haran,

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Genesis 27:43 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Gen 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Ver. 43. Flee thou to Laban.] Flee then we may, when in danger of life; so it be with the wings of a dove, not with the pinions of a dragon. God must be trusted, not tempted. Means must be neither trusted nor neglected.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

43. obey my voice] Rebekah takes full responsibility upon herself, in fulfilment of her promise in Gen_27:13, “upon me be thy curse, my son, only obey my voice.”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice,.... Hearken to what I say, and do according to it, as he had already in many instances, and particularly in a late one, in which he succeeded, and therefore had good reason to attend to her advice and direction, see Gen 27:13,

and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Haran; where Laban her brother, dwelt.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

43. Obey my voice — This is Rebekah’s standing formula with Jacob. Comp. Gen_27:8; Gen_27:13. Her commands and action in respect to her favourite son, she believes to be according to the divine oracle to her. Gen_25:23.

Laban — See Gen_24:29; Gen_24:50.

Haran — See on Gen_11:31.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 43-45. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; i.e. be guided by my counsel; a request Rebekah might perhaps feel herself justified in making, not only by her maternal solicitude for Jacob"s welfare, but also from the successful issue of Her previous stratagem (vide on ver. 8)and arise, flee thou literally, flee for thyself. (of Gen_12:1; Num_14:11; Amo_7:12) to Laban my brother to Haran; (Gen_11:31 Gen_14:2-9) and tarry with him a few days, literally, days some. The few days eventually proved to be at least twenty years. (vide Gen_31:38) It is not probable that Rebekah ever again beheld her favorite son, which was a signal chastisement for her sinful ambition for, and partiality towards, Jacobuntil thy brother"s fury turn away; until thy brother"s anger turn away from thee, the rage of Esau is here described by two different words, the first of which, hmje from a root signifying to be warm, suggests the heated and inflamed condition of Esau"s soul, while the second, pa from pna to breathe through the nostrils, depicts the visible manifestations of that internal fire in hard and quick breathingand he forget that which thou hast done to him, Rebekah apparently had conveniently become oblivious of her own share in the transaction by which Esau had been wronged. Then will I send, and fetch thee from thence which she never did. Man proposes, but God disposes. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? Ie. of Jacob by the hand of Esau, and of Esau by the hand of the avenger of blood (Gen_9:6; cf., 2Sa_14:6, 2Sa_14:7; Calvin, Keil, Rosenm Kalisch) rather than by his own fratricidal act, which would forever part him from Rebekah (Lange).

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Now

This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.

flee to Laban

"leave here quickly and go to Laban"

for a while

"for a period of time"

until your brother's fury subsides

"until you brother calms down"

until your brother's anger turns away from you

No longer being angry is spoken of as if the anger turns to a different direction away from the person. AT: "until he is no longer angry with you" (See: Metaphor)

Why should I lose you both in one day?

Rebekah uses a question to emphasize her concern. AT: "I do not want to lose both of you in one day!" (See: Rhetorical Question)

I lose you both in one day

It is implied that if Esau kills Jacob, then they will execute Esau as a murderer. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

I lose

This is a polite way of referring to her sons dying. (See: Euphemism)

translationWords

obey

Laban

Haran

day

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Radak

Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak)

ועתה..חרנה, she had heard that her brother had migrated from Ur Casdim to Charan.

Radak on the Tanakh — English translations: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash” (CC BY 4.0); “Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology” (CC BY 4.0); and “R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Chârân (“Haran”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Chârân carries the sense “Haran.” How does it shape the verse?
Genesis 11:31 shares the word «Haran» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «שְׁמַ֣ע» is Qal Imperative. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 11 Hebrew ↔ 20 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.