Genesis 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis 28:8 in other translations
| BSB | And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, |
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| WEB | Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father. |
| ASV | and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; |
| YLT | and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father, |
| DARBY | And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father. |
| BBE | It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan, |
| Webster | And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; |
What does Genesis 28:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 28:6-9
6-9. when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, &c.--Desirous to humor his parents and, if possible, get the last will revoked, he became wise when too late (see Mt 25:10), and hoped by gratifying his parents in one thing to atone for all his former delinquencies. But he only made bad worse, and though he did not marry a "wife of the daughters of Canaan," he married into a family which God had rejected. It showed a…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 28:6-9
Good examples impress even the profane and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrong doings. Carnal hearts are apt to think themselves as good as they should be, because in some one matter they are not so bad as they have been.
Genesis 28:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 28:8
- Genesis 24:3
And 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 of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
- Genesis 26:34-35
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
- Genesis 28:1
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt 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. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
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Context
- Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;
- Genesis 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- Genesis 28:9
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, to be his wife.
Genesis 28:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vió asimismo Esaú que las hijas de Canaán parecían mal á Isaac su padre; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | alors Ésaü vit que les filles de Canaan étaient mal vues d’Isaac, son père; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als Esau sah, daß die Töchter Kanaans übel waren in den Augen seines Vaters Isaak, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus: |