Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Isaac showed the same concern that Abraham had by instructing his son to avoid marrying any woman from the land of Canaan.

The plan of the Most High was to create a holy nation that was uncontaminated by the idolatry that existed among the people of the land.

Jacob said goodbye to his father with the assurance that the promises of God, made to Abraham on the day that the Covenant was made, would follow him (17.2-8).