The blessing which Isaac gives to Jacob is as follows:
"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful
and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,
so that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien,
the land God gave to Abraham."
(Genesis 28:3 NIV)
So Jacob was sent on his way by Isaac, and he obeyed his father by going to Paddan Aram, to Laban, his mother's brother. Let me just put that genealogy in visual format:
Bethuel
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Laban, Rebekah
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sons & daughters Jacob & Esau (twins)
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