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Genesis 27:46

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?”

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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?

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?

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
רִבְקָה֙riv.KahRebekahH7259 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יִצְחָ֔קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327 →
קַ֣צְתִּיKatz.tiI loatheH6973 →
בְחַיַּ֔יve.chai.Yai<in> life myH2416 →
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters ofH1323 →
חֵ֑תChetHethH2845 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹקֵ֣חַlo.Ke.ach[is] takingH3947 →
יַ֠עֲקֹבya.'a.koJacobH3290 →
אִשָּׁ֨ה'i.Shaha wifeH802 →
מִבְּנֽוֹת־mi.be.not-from [the] daughters ofH1323 →
חֵ֤תchetHethH2845 →
כָּאֵ֙לֶּה֙ka.'E.lehlike theseH428 →
מִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.Notfrom [the] daughters ofH1323 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
לִּ֖יli[belongs] to <the> me
חַיִּֽים׃chai.YimlifeH2416 →

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Genesis 26:35And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.Genesis 26:34–35When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.Genesis 24:3and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.Genesis 28:8And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.Genesis 34:1–2Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.Genesis 24:37My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,Numbers 11:15If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.Job 3:20–22Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

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Isaac Blesses Jacob — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Isaac Blesses Jacob — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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