Esau then understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women.
I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.
Rebecca said to Isaac, “I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die.”
Isaac called Jacob, greeted him, and told him, “Don't marry a Canaanite.
He found out that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia.
Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the Lord,