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Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn`t please Isaac, his father.
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A Flawed Atonement
Commentator Matthew Henry suggests Esau's action was not genuine repentance but an attempt to atone for other wrongs by pleasing his parents in one thing. This highlights a common human tendency to believe that a single good act can make up for a pattern of poor choices, rather than seeking a true change of heart.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
קהל qâhāl — “congregation.”
מחלת māchălat — Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.”
לוּז l…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father . ] He perc…
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Good examples impress even the ungodly and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrongdoings. Carna…
