Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women.
I want you to swear by the Lord God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I’m living.
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I can’t stand Hittite women! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of those from around here, I might as well die.”
Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You are not to marry any of the Canaanite women.
He also learned that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had left for Paddan Aram.
But Samuel considered it wrong for them to request a king to judge them. So Samuel prayed to the Lord.