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Genesis 27:46

WEB

46Rebekah 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?”

KJV

46And 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?

BSB

46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women.[+] Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

FBV

46Then Rebekah went and told Isaac, “I'm so sick of these Hittite womenthey're ruining my life! If Jacob also marries a Hittite woman like them, one of the local people, I'd rather die!”

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Extra References

Genesis 24:3

3I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.


Genesis 26:34-35

34When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.


Genesis 28:8

8Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.


Genesis 34:1-2

1[+] Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.


Job 14:13

13Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,[+] that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!


Job 7:16

16I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.


1 Kings 19:4

4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”


Job 3:20-22

20Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, 21who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, 22who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?


Numbers 11:15

15If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”


Jonah 4:3

3Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”