Genesis 28:8
It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
In Context
7And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
Cross References
Genesis 24:3And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
Genesis 26:35And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.
1 Samuel 8:6But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:7-10
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth,… Read the whole commentary →