Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan, - in the eyes of Isaac his father:
New American Standard Bible
So Esau saw that
King James Version
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Holman Bible
Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
International Standard Version
Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac,
A Conservative Version
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.
American Standard Version
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
Amplified
So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;
Bible in Basic English
It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
Darby Translation
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
Julia Smith Translation
And Esau will see that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaak his father.
King James 2000
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan [were] evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
Modern King James verseion
and when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father:
NET Bible
Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.
New Heart English Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.
Webster
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
World English Bible
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Bath
`ayin
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 28:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esau Marries An Ishmaelite
7 And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother, - and took his journey to Padan-aram. 8 So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan, - in the eyes of Isaac his father: 9 Esau therefore went unto Ishmael, - and took Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham sister of Nebaioth, to himself to wife, in addition to the wives that he had.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3
that I may put thee on oath, by Yahweh God of the heavens and God of the earth - That thou wilt not take a wife for my son, from among the daughters of the Canaanites in the midst of whom, I, am dwelling:
Genesis 26:34-35
And when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith, daughter of Beeri. the Hittite; and Basemath, daughter of Elon, the Hittite;
Genesis 28:1
Then Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, - and commanded him and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
1 Samuel 8:6
But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh.