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Genesis 28:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;


Genesis 28:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:89 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָעוֹתrāʿwōtBad
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָעוֹתrāʿwōtBad
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

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