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Genesis 35:27

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Genesis 35:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 35:27

Theological / Devotional

Unto Isaac his father. Jacob’s arrival at Mamre constituted the formal return to his father’s house, where he now took up his abode as Isaac’s heir. Mamre was in the immediate vicinity of Hebron, formerly Kirjath-arba (see chs. 13:18; 23:2). Isaac lived 23 years after Jacob’s departure from Haran.

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