Genesis 28:8

And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena'an pleased not Yitzchak his av;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And that Ya'akov obeyed his av and his em, and went to Paddanah-Aram;

9Then went Esav unto Yishmael, and took unto the nashim which he had Machalat bat Yishmael ben Avraham, the achot of Nevayot, to be his wife. 1 [VAYETZE]

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Cross References

Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by Hashem Elohei HaShomayim and Elohei Ha'Aretz, that thou shalt not take an isha unto beni of the Banot HaKena'ani, among whom I dwell:

Genesis 26:35and they were a morat ruach (grief of mind) unto Yitzchak and Rivkah.

1 Samuel 8:6But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Shmuel, when they said, Give us a Melech to judge us. And Shmuel davened unto Hashem.

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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