Verses 1, 2 And Isaac called to Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Rise up, go to Paddan Aram, to the home of Bethuel your mother's father, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

'Isaac called to Jacob' means perception by the Lord regarding the nature of the good of truth. 'And blessed him' means that this good was accordingly joined [to the rational]. 'And commanded him, and said to him' means reflection and consequent perception. 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan' means provided it was not joined to affections for falsity and evil. 'Rise up' means provided it raised up that good from these. 'Go to Paddan Aram' means the cognitions of such truth. 'To the home of Bethuel your mother's father, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother' means a parallel external good, and the truth which sprang from this good and was to be joined [to the good of the natural].