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Genesis 28:8

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 28:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
Genesis 28:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 28

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob`s and Esau`s mother.
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, 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 Paddan-aram.
8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
9And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham`s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And 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” f1448, offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he cared not for.”
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