Genesis 28:8

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Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.

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The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

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Canaan was the promised land where Isaac lived, and Esau recognized that his Canaanite wives displeased his father. Nearby Luz, later called Bethel, marked Jacob’s worshipful stop as he traveled from Canaan toward Har

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Genesis 28:8 mentions Bethel, Canaan, Haran, Luz and Paddan-aram.

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