Genesis 28:1-2,8
Genesis 28:1-2 New Century Version (NCV)
Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman. Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, in Northwest Mesopotamia. Laban, your mother’s brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.
Genesis 28:8 New Century Version (NCV)
So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.
Genesis 28:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
Genesis 28:1-2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there as a wife for yourself one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father
Genesis 28:1-2 The Message (MSG)
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, “Don’t take a Canaanite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother’s father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.
Genesis 28:6-9 The Message (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. * * *
Genesis 28:1-2 King James Version (KJV)
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Genesis 28:8 King James Version (KJV)
and Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father
Genesis 28:1-2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac
Genesis 28:1-2 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father
Genesis 28:1-2 New International Version (NIV)
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:8 New International Version (NIV)
Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac
Genesis 28:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)
So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women. Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.
Genesis 28:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
Genesis 28:1-2 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Before Jacob left, Isaac called for him, blessed him, and gave him these instructions: “I forbid you to marry any Canaanite woman. Leave at once for the land of your grandfather Bethuel in Paddan-Aram and find one of the young women there to marry, one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.
Genesis 28:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Esau, knowing that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women
Genesis 28:1-2 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.