Genesis 28:8
Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.
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- Gen 24:3 : 3 so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
- Gen 26:34-35 : 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.
- Gen 28:1 : 1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman!
- 1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
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- Gen 28:5-73 verses85%
5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”
7Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.
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9So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.
- Gen 28:1-22 verses79%
1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman!
2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
- Gen 36:1-22 verses77%
1The Descendants of Esau What follows is the account of Esau(also known as Edom).
2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
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6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother
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28Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Gen 26:34-352 verses74%
34When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.
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34Isaac’s Descendants Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.
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46Then Rebekah said to Isaac,“I am deeply depressed because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!”
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41So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
- Gen 27:5-62 verses73%
5Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back,
6Rebekah said to her son Jacob,“Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,
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30Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
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22So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said,“The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.”
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5When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked,“Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied,“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
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38Esau said to his father,“Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.
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15Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.