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Genesis 28:8

What does Genesis 28:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 28:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Experiencing also, that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.

Context

v.7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

v.8This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 8:6

    But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

  • Genesis 24:3

    and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

  • Genesis 26:34

    And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

  • 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.

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