Esau Marries Mahalath
Genesis 28:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
- KJV
- And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;pleased…: Heb. were evil in the eyes, etc
- 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;
- LSV
- and Esau sees that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of his father Isaac,
- YLT
- and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
- DBY
- And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
- DRC
- Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:
- GNV
- Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,
- JPS
- and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- LXXE
- And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י רָע֖וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן בְּעֵינֵ֖י יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἰδὼν δὲ καὶ Ἡσαῦ ὅτι πονηραί εἰσιν αἱ θυγατέρες Χαναὰν ἐναντίον Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 24:3and 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 26:34–35When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- 1 Samuel 8:6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
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