Genesis 28:7
Good News Translation
He found out that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia.

New Revised Standard Version
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

Contemporary English Version
and that he had obeyed his father and mother.

New American Bible
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that Jacob obeying his parents, was gone into Syria:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And that Jacob obeying his parents, was gone into Syria:

Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, hear my voice, arise and flee to Laban, my brother, to Haran:

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Leviticus 19:3 Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Proverbs 1:8 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

Ephesians 6:1,3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just. . . .

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Context
Esau Marries Mahalath
6And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan: 7And that Jacob obeying his parents, was gone into Syria:8Experiencing also, that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:…
Cross References
Genesis 25:20
Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

Genesis 28:6
And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan:

Genesis 28:8
Experiencing also, that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:

Genesis 28:6
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