Many faithful men of old continued to obey their parents long after they had become adults. Jacob, although a grown man, understood that he should obey his father’s command to avoid marrying a woman who was not a worshiper of Jehovah.
पुराने ज़माने में परमेश्‍वर के कई वफादार सेवक, बड़े होने के बाद भी अपने माता - पिता की आज्ञा मानते रहे ।