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Genesis 28:8
Genesis 28:8 is verse 8 of Genesis chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
King James Version
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
World English Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
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Genesis 28:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
8 And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
9 Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
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 26:34When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 26:35And 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.