Genesis 28:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
כְּנַעַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
יִצְחָק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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.
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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