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Genesis 27:46

HethIsaacIsraelRebekah
Grief

44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

45 Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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BSB
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
KJV
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
WEB
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
ASV
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
DARBY
And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?
BLB
And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, why to me [is] life?”
ÅB
Så sa Rebekka til Isak: Jeg er kjed av mitt liv for disse Hets døtres skyld; skulle nå også Jakob ta seg en hustru av Hets døtre, slik en som disse, en av landets døtre, hva skulle jeg da leve etter?
OTB
Og Rebekka sa til Isak: «Jeg er lei av å leve på grunn av Het-døtrene. Hvis Jakob tar en kone blant Het-døtrene, som disse fra landets døtre, hva godt vil mitt liv være for meg?»
B1930
Så sa Rebekka til Isak: Jeg er kjed av mitt liv for disse Hets døtres skyld; skulde nu også Jakob ta sig en hustru av Hets døtre, slik en som disse, en av landets døtre, hvad skulde jeg da leve efter?

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  • Genesis 26:34–35

    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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  • Genesis 24:3

    And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

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  • Genesis 28:8

    And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

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  • Genesis 34:1–2

    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

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  • Job 14:13

    O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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  • Job 7:16

    I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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  • Job 3:20–22

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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  • Numbers 11:15

    And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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