Original sentence: It is true that even for the first Hebrews it was considered proper to marry members of the same nation, however, and the Bible disapproves of Esau and Judah, who married Canaanites instead.Joseph is recorded as marrying an Egyptian woman, but the adoption of his sons by his father Jacob insured their place among the Hebrews.The marriages of the patriarchs cannot be considered interreligious, as there were not yet any "Jewish" women to marry
Edited sentence: It is true that even for the first Jews it was considered proper to marry relatives, and the Bible disapproves of Esau and Judah, who married Canaanites instead.The marriages of the patriarchs cannot be considered interreligious as there were no Hebrew women to marry.This was most probably because they endangered the survival of the tribe