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Genesis 28:8

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

KJV

probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus :

Vulgate

καὶ ἴδεν Ἠσαὺ ὅτι πονηραί εἰσιν αἱ θυγατέρες Χανάαν ἐναντίον Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י רָע֖וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן בְּ/עֵינֵ֖י יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People CanaanIsaacEsau

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
  • Deut 25:6 — And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
  • Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 26:34 — And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  • Gen 26:35 — Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
  • Gen 27:46 — And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall
  • Gen 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.