Genesis 28:6-9

Context

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there.¹ As he blessed him,² Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”³ 28:7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. 28:8 Then Esau realized⁴ that the Canaanite women⁵ were displeasing to⁶ his father Isaac. 28:9 So Esau went to Ishmael and married⁷ Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.

[28:6] ¹tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

[28:6] ²tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

[28:6] ³tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[28:8] ⁴tn Heb “saw.”

[28:8] ⁵tn Heb “the daughters of Canaan.”

[28:8] ⁶tn Heb “evil in the eyes of.”

[28:9] ⁷tn Heb “took for a wife.”