Genesis 28:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;”
Genesis 28:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 28:8 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 28:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.”
Genesis 28:8 — World English Bible
Genesis 28:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;”
Genesis 28:8 — American Standard Version
Genesis 28:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,”
Genesis 28:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 28:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.”
Genesis 28:8 — Darby Translation
Genesis 28:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,”
Genesis 28:8 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 28:8 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father.”
Genesis 28:8 — The Living Sword
Genesis 28:8 in Context — Genesis 28
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–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;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
What Does Genesis 28:8 Mean?
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