English Standard Version
Genesis 27:46
46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
Genesis 27:46 in other versions
- King James Version (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?
- New International Version (NIV)Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)And 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, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
Context of Genesis 27:46
44and stay with him a while, until your brother's fury turns away— 45until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?" Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
Read all of Genesis 27Genesis 27:46 word by word
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רִבְקָה֙ אֶל־יִצְחָ֔ק קַ֣צְתִּי בְחַיַּ֔י מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנ֣וֹת חֵ֑ת אִם־לֹקֵ֣חַ יַ֠עֲקֹב אִשָּׁ֨ה מִבְּנֽוֹת־חֵ֤ת כָּאֵ֙לֶּה֙ מִבְּנ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לָ֥מָּה לִּ֖י חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Rebekahרִבְקָהribqâh · RebekahH7259
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
- I am wearyקוּץqûts · to loatheH6973
- of my lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
- becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
- of the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Hethחֵתchêth · HethH2845
- if Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
- takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
- a wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- what goodמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
Cross-references for Genesis 27:46
- Numbers 11:15If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."
- 1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
- Job 3:20"Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
- Job 7:16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
- Job 14:13Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
- Genesis 26:34When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
- Genesis 28:8So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
- Genesis 34:1Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.
- Genesis 24:3that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
Commentaries on Genesis 27:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46I am weary of my life - It is very likely that Rebekah kept many of the circumstances related above from the knowledge of Isaac; but as Jacob could not go to Padan-aram without his knowledge, she appears here quite in her own character, framing an excuse for his departure, and concealing the true cause. Abraham had been solicitous to get a wife for his son Isaac from a branch of his own family; hence she was brought from Syria. She is now afraid, or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-46Verses 41-46 Esau bore malice to Jacob on account of the blessing he had obtained. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother, because he gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered himself unworthy. Esau aimed to prevent Jacob or his seed from having the dominion, by taking away his life. Men may fret at God's counsels, but cannot change them. To prevent mischief, Rebekah warned Jacob of his danger, and advised him to withdraw for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46Rebekah convinced Isaac to send Jacob away by carefully planning her words and actions. Like Isaac, Jacob married a woman from his relatives who lived in the east.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4646. Rebekah said to Isaac--Another pretext Rebekah's cunning had to devise to obtain her husband's consent to Jacob's journey to Mesopotamia; and she succeeded by touching the aged patriarch in a tender point, afflicting to his pious heart--the proper marriage of their younger son.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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