John Gill Commentary Genesis 28:8

"And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father." — Genesis 28:8 (ASV)

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac
his father .
] He perceived that Isaac was displeased with the daughters of Canaan, or that they were "evil in [his] eyes" ^F9 , offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he did not care for.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (ynyeb twer) "malae in oculis", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt.