Genesis 28:8
So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan,—in the eyes of Isaac his father:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
In Context
7And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother,—and took his journey to Padan-aram.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3that I may put thee on oath, by Yahweh God of the heavens and God of the earth—That thou wilt not take a wife for my son, from among the daughters of the Canaanites in the midst of whom, I, am dwelling:
Genesis 26:35and they became a bitterness of spirit, to Isaac and to Rebekah.
1 Samuel 8:6But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh.
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 →