Esau already had several wives, but he now realized how much his father hated the Canaanite women.
in the name of the Lord, who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.
Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.
Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said: Don't marry any of those Canaanite women.
Rebekah later told Isaac, “Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead.”
and that he had obeyed his father and mother.