Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
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Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
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And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Genesis 28:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 24:3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 26:34-35 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
- Genesis 28:1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
- 1 Samuel 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of…
Gen 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Ver. 8. Pleased not Isaac his father.] Whether himself or they pleased God or not, was no part of his care. God is not in all the wicked man’s thoughts. {Psa 10:4} What he strives for is, to be well esteemed of by others, to have the good will and good word of his neighbours and friends, such especially as he hopes for benefit by. Thus Julian counterfeited zeal, till he had got the empire: afterwards, of Julian, he became Idolian, as Nazianzen saith he was commonly called, because he set open again the idols’ temples, which had been shut up by Constantine, and restored them to the heathens.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased…
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. Who he perceived was displeased with the daughters of Canaan, or that they were "evil in his eyes" (i), offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he cared not for.
(i) "malae in oculis", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt.
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Esau saw
"Esau realized"
the women of Canaan did not please Isaac his father
"his father Isaac did not approve of the women of Canaan"
women of Canaan
"daughters of Canaan" or "the Canaanite women"
So he went
"Because of that, he went"
besides the wives that he had
"in addition to the wives that he already had"
Mahalath
This is the name of one of Ishmael's daughters. (See: How to Translate Names)
Nebaioth
This is the name of one of Ishmael's sons. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
Canaan
ancestor
Ishmael
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