And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Isaac called Jacob. He entered fully into Rebekah's feelings; and the burden of his parting counsel to his son was, to avoid a marriage alliance with any but the Mesopotamian branch of the family. At the same time he gave him a solemn blessing-pronounced before unwittingly, now designedly, and with a cordial spirit. It is more explicitly and fully given, and Jacob was thus acknowledged 'the heir of the promise.' This acknowledgment from his father must, in existing circumstances, have given additional strength to his faith, and encouraged him on his distant journey, the more especially as the parental wishes culminated in supplicating for him "the blessing of Abraham (Genesis 17:2; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:18).