Font Size
Genesis 28:6-8
New English Translation
Genesis 28:6-8
New English Translation
6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there.[a] As he blessed him,[b] Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”[c] 7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. 8 Then Esau realized[d] that the Canaanite women[e] were displeasing to[f] his father Isaac.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”
- Genesis 28:6 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.
- Genesis 28:6 tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “saw.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “the daughters of Canaan.”
- Genesis 28:8 tn Heb “evil in the eyes of.”
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.