Genesis 28:6-9
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Esau Marries Ishmael’s Daughter
6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there and that as he blessed him he charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women,”(A) 7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram. 8 So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,(B) 9 Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.(C)
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Genesis 28:6-9
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6 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] 7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. 8 Then Esau realized[d] that the Canaanite women[e] were displeasing to[f] his father Isaac. 9 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.
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- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”
- Genesis 28:6 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.
- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “saw.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “the daughters of Canaan.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “evil in the eyes of.”
- Genesis 28:9 tn Heb “took for a wife.”
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