Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
Exodus 21:8 - Easy To Read Version If the master is not pleased with the woman, then he can sell the woman back to her father. If the master promised {to marry the woman}, then he loses the right to sell the woman to other people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If she does not please her master who has not espoused her to himself, he shall let her be redeemed. To sell her to a foreign people he shall have no power, for he has dealt faithlessly with her. American Standard Version (1901) If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. Common English Bible If she doesn’t please her master who chose her for himself, then her master must let her be bought back by her family. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people since he has treated her unfairly. Catholic Public Domain Version If she displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her. |
Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
But you, my brothers, have not been loyal.\par I can’t depend on you.\par You are like streams that flow sometimes\par and don’t flow at other times.\par You are like streams that overflow\par
“A man might decide to sell his daughter as a slave. If this happens, the rules for making her free are not the same as the rules for making the men slaves free.
If the master promised to let the slave woman marry his son, then she must not be treated like a slave. She must be treated like a daughter.
Moses said, “Look, I will leave and ask the Lord to remove the flies from you, your people, and your officials tomorrow. But you must not stop the people from offering sacrifices [58] to the Lord.”
Is there any man here that is engaged to be married? That man should go back home. If he dies in the battle, then another man will marry the woman he is engaged to.’
His father and his mother answered, “But surely there is a woman from the people of Israel that you can marry. Do you have to marry a woman from the Philistine people? Those people are not even circumcised.” [109]
So, if you have been completely honest to Jerub Baal and his family today, then I hope you are happy with Abimelech as your king. And I hope he will be happy with you.
The women’s song upset Saul and he became very angry. Saul thought, “The women say David killed tens of thousands {of enemies}. And they say I killed only thousands {of enemies}.”
So, the elders (leaders) asked for a king to lead them. Samuel thought this was a bad idea. So Samuel prayed to the Lord.