Genesis 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
In other versions
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
ASV
It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
BBE
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
DBY
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
WEB
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
YLT
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
ENG
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
WBT
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
BSB
In context
6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, 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;
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9Then 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.
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Isaac
- Esau