Genesis 28:8
“And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.”
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Genesis 28:8 Context
6¶ When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gaue him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7And that Iacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram; 8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. 9Then went Esau vnto Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues which hee had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. 10¶ And Iacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
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And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- King James Version
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
- Basic English Bible
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
- Darby Bible
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- Webster's Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
- World English Bible
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
- Youngs Literal Bible
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible