And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. Who he perceived was displeased with the daughters of Canaan, or that they were “evil in [his] eyes” i, offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he cared not for.
i “malae in oculis”, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Ver. 8. Pleased not Isaac his father. ] Whether himself or they pleased God or not, was no part of his care. God is not in all the wicked man’s thoughts. Psa 10:4 What he strives for is, to be well esteemed of by others, to have the good will and good word of his neighbours and friends, such especially as he hopes for benefit by. Thus Julian counterfeited zeal, till he had got the empire: afterwards, of Julian, he became Idolian, as Nazianzen saith he was commonly called, because he set open again the idols’ temples, which had been shut up by Constantine, and restored them to the heathens.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
pleased not. Compare Gen 26:35.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the daughters: Gen 28:1, Gen 24:3, Gen 26:34, Gen 26:35
pleased not: Heb. were evil in the eyes, 1Sa 8:6
Reciprocal: Gen 27:46 – because Gen 48:17 – displeased him Exo 21:8 – please not Deu 25:6 – the firstborn Jos 22:30 – it pleased them