Bereshis 28:8

8 And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena’an pleased not Yitzchak his av;

Bereshis 28:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 28:8

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" ^F9, offensive to him, and disapproved of by him, because of their ill manners: Rebekah is not mentioned, whose displeasure he cared not for.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Bereshis 28:8 In-Context

6 When Esav saw that Yitzchak had blessed Ya’akov, and sent him away to Padanah-Aram, to take an isha for him from there; and that when he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena’an;

7 And that Ya’akov obeyed his av and his em, and went to Padanah-Aram;

8 And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena’an pleased not Yitzchak his av;

9 Then went Esav unto Yishmael, and took unto the nashim which he had Machalat bat Yishmael ben Avraham, the achot of Nevayot, to be his wife.

10 And Ya’akov went out from Beer-Sheva, and went toward Charan.