Genesis 28:7
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and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.