8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased [1] not Isaac his father;

Other Translations of Genesis 28:8

New International Version

8 Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

English Standard Version

8 So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,

The Message

8 When Esau realized how deeply his father Isaac disliked the Canaanite women,

New King James Version

8 Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.

New Living Translation

8 It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 28:8

Commentary on Genesis 28:6-9

(Read Genesis 28:6-9)

Good examples impress even the profane and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrong doings. Carnal hearts are apt to think themselves as good as they should be, because in some one matter they are not so bad as they have been.