Genesis 28:8
in Genesis 28And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
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ASV
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
KJV
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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This verse in Genesis 28
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. Who he perceived was displeased with the daughters of Canaan, or that they were "evil in his eyes" (i), offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he cared not for. (i) רעות בעיני "malae in oculis", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt.
This site's exposition
his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women
on Genesis 28:8-9
Esau sees that his father disapproves of the Canaanite women, and he marries again. The new wife is Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, the son the covenant passed over at 17:21, and Esau keeps the wives he already had. Clarke takes the marriage as an attempt to please his parents.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֵשָׂ֔ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| רָע֖וֹת | raot | [were] displeasing | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּנ֣וֹת | benot | [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| כְּנָ֑עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֖י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יִצְחָ֥ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| אָבִֽיו׃ | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיַּ֣רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
עֵשָׂ֔וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
רָע֖וֹת[were] displeasing
raotH7451 →662 times
בְּנ֣וֹת[the] daughters of
benotH1323 →588 times
כְּנָ֑עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
בְּעֵינֵ֖יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יִצְחָ֥קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
אָבִֽיו׃father his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Genesis 26:34–35
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- Nehemiah 13:25
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not…
- Genesis 26:34–35
Through
Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
it leads to
- Genesis 28:3–4
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- 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…
- 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 28:3–4
Through
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.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:11
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…
- 1 Samuel 15:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).