Genesis 28:8

Plain English Version

Then Esau knew that his father Isaac didn’t like the women from Canaan country.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

Abraham said to the worker, “I want you to make this promise with God listening. His name is Yahweh, and he is the boss of heaven and earth. Promise me that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from this country that we are living in. Don’t get him a wife from the Canaan people that live here.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah went and talked to her husband Isaac. She wanted Isaac to send Jacob away, so that Jacob will be safe from his brother Esau. But she didn’t tell Isaac what she said to Jacob. She said, “You know those 2 women that our son Esau married. They are from the Heth tribe, and their people live here in Canaan country. Those women make my life rubbish. If our son Jacob keeps on living here in Canaan country, maybe he will marry a woman from the Heth tribe too. Then my life will be so rubbish, I will want to die.”

Genesis 28:1

Isaac sent somebody to get Jacob, and Jacob came to Isaac’s room. Then Isaac talked strongly to Jacob. Isaac said, “My son, don’t marry any women that live here in Canaan country.

Genesis 28:7

And Esau knew that Jacob left to go to Paddan Aram country, just like his father and mother told Jacob to.

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel wasn’t happy about that, so he prayed to God.