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Esauעֵשָׂוsawוַיַּרְאthatכִּיthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Canaanכְּנָעַןwere displeasingרָעוֹתin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Isaacיִצְחָקhis father.אָבִיו
Genesis 28:8
Study it in the app“Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the eyes of Isaac his father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 28:8, word by word
- Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
girl
The young women of a people.
Where else “benot” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- were displeasingרָעוֹתraot
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raot” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
7and that Jacob had listened to his father and to his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
8 · This verse (above)
9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, the sister of Nebaioth, besides his wives, as his wife.
To study Genesis 28 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?