Esau already had several wives, but he realized at last 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.
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.”
Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said: Don't marry any of those Canaanite women.
and that he had obeyed his father and mother.
Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.