Genesis 28:8

This made Esau realize how much his father disliked Canaanite women.

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In The King James Version

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

In Context

7He also discovered that Jacob had done what his father and mother told him and had left for Paddan-aram.

9So he went to Ishmael's family and married an additional wife—Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:3and swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.

Genesis 26:35They caused Isaac and Rebekah a great deal of grief.

1 Samuel 8:6Samuel thought this was a bad idea when they said, “Give us a king to rule over us,” so he prayed to the Lord about it.

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 →

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