Genesis 28:8

Easy To Read Version

Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among those people but don’t let him marry a Canaanite girl.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about these women. Why? Because they are not our people. I’ll just die if Jacob marries one of these women too!”

Genesis 28:1

Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Then Isaac gave him a command. Isaac said, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.

Genesis 28:7

And Esau learned that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and went to Paddan Aram.

1 Samuel 8:6

So, the elders (leaders) asked for a king to lead them. Samuel thought this was a bad idea. So Samuel prayed to the Lord.