Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”(A) and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women(B) were to his father Isaac;(C) so he went to Ishmael(D) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(E) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(F)

Read full chapter

Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there.[a] As he blessed him,[b] Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”[c] Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. Then Esau realized[d] that the Canaanite women[e] were displeasing to[f] his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and married[g] Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”
  2. Genesis 28:6 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.
  3. Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
  4. Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “saw.”
  5. Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “the daughters of Canaan.”
  6. Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “evil in the eyes of.”
  7. Genesis 28:9 tn Heb “took for a wife.”