Genesis 28:8

and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

9and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

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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 for my son of 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 displeased 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 →

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