Genesis 28:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י רָע֖וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן בְּעֵינֵ֖י יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִֽיו

Transliteration

wə-yarʾ ʿēśāw that rāʿôt bənôt kənāʿan in-ʿênê yiṣḥāq ʾābîw

Grammar Details

*wə-yarʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
*ʿēśāw*: proper noun - Esau
*rāʿôt*: adjective, feminine plural - evil/bad
*bənôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of
*kənāʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
*ʿênê*: noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of
*yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father

Word Meanings

*yarʾ*: saw/perceived/realized
*rāʿôt*: evil/bad/displeasing/unacceptable
*ʿênê*: eyes/sight/perception

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 24:3 : 3 and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gen 26:34-35 : 34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 28:1 : 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

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