Genesis 28:1 - Exposition

And Isaac called Jacob (to his bed-side), and blessed him ,—in enlarged form, renewing the benediction previously given ( Genesis 27:27 )— and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan (cf. Genesis 14:3 ). Intermarriage with the women of the land was expressly forbidden to the theocratic heir, while his attention was directed to his mother's kindred.