Genesis 28:8 Meaning
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Context Explained
6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:14
This verse about marrying outside one's faith parallels the New Testament teaching on being unequally yoked.
Source: Genesis 28:8