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Genesis 28:8
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KJ21
and Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father—
ASV
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
AMP
So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;
AMPC
Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.
BRG
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
CSB
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
CSBA
Esau realised that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
CEB
Esau realized that his father Isaac considered Canaanite women unacceptable.
CJB
‘Esav also saw that the Kena‘ani women did not please Yitz’chak his father.
CEV
Esau already had several wives, but he now realized how much his father hated the Canaanite women.
DARBY
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
DRA
Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:
ERV
Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
EASY
So Esau then understood that his father, Isaac, did not like the Canaanite women.
EHV
Esau realized that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.
ESV
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
ESVUK
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
EXB
So Esau saw that ·his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women [C the daughters of Canaan were bad/evil in the eyes of his father Isaac].
GNV
Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father,
GW
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women.
GNT
Esau then understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women.
HCSB
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
ICB
So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
ISV
Esau realized that Canaan women didn’t please his father Isaac,
JUB
and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father,
KJV
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
AKJV
and Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
LSB
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the sight of his father Isaac;
LEB
Then Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
TLB
Esau realized that his father despised the local girls, and that his father and mother had sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, with his father’s blessing, to get a wife from there, and that they had strictly warned him against marrying a Canaanite girl, and that Jacob had agreed and had left for Paddan-aram.
MSG
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan Aram to get a wife there, and while blessing him commanded, “Don’t marry a Canaanite woman,” and that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan Aram. When Esau realized how deeply his father Isaac disliked the Canaanite women, he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son. This was in addition to the wives he already had. * * *
MEV
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.
NOG
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women.
NABRE
Esau realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac,
NASB
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
NASB1995
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
NCB
Esau then understood that Isaac disapproved of the daughters of Canaan.
NCV
So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
NET
Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.
NIRV
Then Esau realized how much his father Isaac disliked Canaanite women.
NIV
Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;
NIVUK
Esau then realised how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;
NKJV
Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
NLV
Esau knew that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
NLT
It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
NRSVA
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,
NRSVACE
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,
NRSVCE
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,
NRSVUE
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,
OJB
And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena’an pleased not Yitzchak his av;
RGT
Also, Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac, his father,
RSV
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
RSVCE
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
TLV
Then Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were contemptible in his father Isaac’s eyes.
VOICE
So, realizing his father did not like his Canaanite wives,
WEB
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
WYC
also Esau proved thereby that his father beheld not gladly the daughters of Canaan. (and so Esau understood by this that his father did not approve of the daughters of Canaan.)
YLT
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
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