Genesis 28:8
New International Version
Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

New Living Translation
It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.

English Standard Version
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,

Berean Standard Bible
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

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

New King James Version
Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.

New American Standard Bible
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;

NASB 1995
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;

NASB 1977
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;

Legacy Standard Bible
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the sight of his father Isaac;

Amplified Bible
So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;

Christian Standard Bible
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaaq his father;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac,

Contemporary English Version
Esau already had several wives, but he now realized how much his father hated the Canaanite women.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women.

Good News Translation
Esau then understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women.

International Standard Version
Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac,

JPS Tanakh 1917
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Literal Standard Version
and Esau sees that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of his father Isaac,

Majority Standard Bible
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

New American Bible
Esau realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac,

NET Bible
Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.

New Revised Standard Version
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,

New Heart English Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

World English Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

Young's Literal Translation
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Esau Marries Mahalath
7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram. 8And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, 9Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.…

Cross References
Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 26:35
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"

Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the daughters.

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.

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: …

pleased not.

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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Genesis 28
1. Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.
6. Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.
10. Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.
18. The stone of Bethel.
20. Jacob's vow.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And
עֵשָׂ֔ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

seeing
וַיַּ֣רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

his father
אָבִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

Isaac
יִצְחָ֥ק (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

disapproved of
רָע֖וֹת (rā·‘ō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

the Canaanite
כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

women,
בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter


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