5 Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6 Esau learnt that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learnt that when Isaac blessed him, he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman.
7 He found out that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia.
8 Esau then understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women.
9 So he went to Ishmael son of Abraham and married his daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth.
10 Jacob left Beersheba and started towards Haran.
11 At sunset he came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down to sleep, resting his head on a stone.