Genesis 28:8
Then saw Esau that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
In Context
7And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram:
Cross References
Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
Genesis 26:35And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
1 Samuel 8:6But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto 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 →