Genesis 27:46

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Rebekah	רִבְקָה֙ riv.Kah	H7259	Ribkah · proper noun, a woman's name
said	וַתֹּ֤אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Isaac	יִצְחָ֔ק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
weary	קַ֣צְתִּי Katz.ti	H6973	to be (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
life	בְחַיַּ֔י ve.chai.Yai	H2416	alive · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
because	מִפְּנֵ֖י mi.pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
daughters	בְּנ֣וֹת be.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct
Heth	חֵ֑ת Chet	H2845	Cheth · proper noun, a man's name
Jacob	יַ֠עֲקֹב ya.'a.ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
take	לֹקֵ֣חַ lo.Ke.ach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
wife	אִשָּׁ֨ה 'i.Shah	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular absolute
daughters	מִבְּנֽוֹת mi.be.not-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct
Heth	חֵ֤ת chet	H2845	Cheth · proper noun, a man's name
daughters	מִבְּנ֣וֹת mi.be.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
good	לָ֥מָּה La.mah	H4100	properly · preposition + interrogative pronoun
life	חַיִּֽים chai.Yim	H2416	alive · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

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 daug…
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:
Genesis 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis 34:1-2 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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.
1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he mi…
Job 3:20-22 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:41–end

Here is, I. The malice Esau bore to Jacob upon account of the blessing which he had obtained, Gen 27:41. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother because he had gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered himself unworthy. Esau's hatred of Jacob was, 1. A causeless hatred. He hated him for no other reason but because his father blessed him and God loved him. Note, The happiness of saints is the envy of sinners. Whom Heaven blesses, hell curses. 2. It was a cruel hatred. Nothing less would satisfy him than to slay his brother. It is the blood of the saints that persecutors thirst after: I will slay my brother. How could he say that word without horror? How could he c…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:46

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. Next: Genesis Chapter 28

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:46

I 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 pretends to be afraid, that her son Jacob will marry among the Hittites, as Esau had done; and therefore makes this to Isaac the ostensible reason why Jacob should immediately go to Padan-aram, that he might get a wife there. Isaac, not knowing t…

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John Gill on Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac,.... Not what she had told Jacob concerning the enmity of Esau to Jacob, and his intention to kill him, lest it should grieve him, and bring his gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; but what follows, as an excuse to get Isaac's leave for Jacob's departure, concealing the true reason of it: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; whom Esau had married, Genesis 26:34; who were continually vexing and teasing her by their impiety and idolatry, their irreligion and profaneness, their disobedience and contradiction, their froward temper and behaviour: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth; as his brother has done, and after his example, as the be…

The Church Fathers

Notice how she found a plausible excuse. You see, whenever help from on high comes to support us, problems become simple and difficulties easy. So, since she too had the Lord of all seconding her intention, he put into her mind everything capable of bringing to realization the plan in process for her son's survival. "I am disgusted with life on account of the daughters of the Hittites. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of this land, what meaning would life have for me?" Here there seems to be a reference to the immorality of Esau's wives and the fact that they proved a source of great disgust to Isaac and Rebekah. Sacred Scripture narrated to us previously, you remember, that Esau took wives from the Hittites and Hivites: "They were at odds with Isaac and Rebekah." So, wishing to remind him of this, she more or less says to him, "You know how Esau's wives made life unpleasant for me, and how, on account of their hostility, I am now alienated from all the daughters of the Hittites and hate the lot of them on their account. So if it happens that Jacob takes a wife from among them, what hope of survival would then be left for me? What meaning would life have for me?" I mean, "if we can't put up with them, if even Jacob goes so far as to marry one of the daughters of this land, life is over for us."
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 54.13

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Dictionary and topics

Jacob — One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was…
Heth · General references — General references
Jacob · Esau seeks to kill, es — Esau seeks to kill, es
Rebekah (Rebecca) · Sends Jacob to Laban, her brother — Sends Jacob to Laban, her brother

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 27:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:46

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:46

John Gill on Genesis 27:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 27:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:46

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:46

John Gill on Genesis 27:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 27:46–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 27:41–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 27:46

Rashi on Genesis 27:46