Verse 46
Genesis 27:46
World English Bible, British Edition
46
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?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר רִבְקָה֙ אֶל יִצְחָ֔ק קַ֣צְתִּי בְ/חַיַּ֔/י מִ/פְּנֵ֖י בְּנ֣וֹת חֵ֑ת אִם לֹקֵ֣חַ יַ֠עֲקֹב אִשָּׁ֨ה מִ/בְּנֽוֹת חֵ֤ת כָּ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ מִ/בְּנ֣וֹת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ לָ֥/מָּה לִּ֖/י חַיִּֽים
English Translation
And Rivka said to Yitzhak, "I am disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Chet; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Chet, like these from the daughters of the land, why should I live?"
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Chapter 27 Context
1
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he
called Esau his elder son, a...
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2
He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
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3
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and
go out to the field, and get...
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4
Make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may
eat, and that my soul may bless...
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5
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the
field to hunt for venison, and to b...
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6
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father
speak to Esau your brother, say...
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7
‘Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless
you before the LORD before my...
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8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command
you.
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9
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will
make them savoury food for yo...
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10
You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may
bless you before his death.”
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11
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is
a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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12
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and
I would bring a curse on myself,...
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13
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only
obey my voice, and go get them for me...
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14
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother
made savoury food, such as his fat...
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15
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with
her in the house, and put them...
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16
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth
of his neck.
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17
She gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into
the hand of her son Jacob.
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18
He came to his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
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19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have
done what you asked me to do. Please ari...
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20
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so
quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because the...
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21
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you,
my son, whether you are really my son E...
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22
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said,
“The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the han...
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23
He didn’t recognise him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother
Esau’s hands. So he blessed...
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24
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
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25
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison,
that my soul may bless you.”
He b...
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26
His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
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27
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing,
and blessed him, and said,
“Beho...
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28
God (Elohim) give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and ne...
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29
Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s so...
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30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had
just gone out from the presence of Isaac...
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31
He also made savoury food, and brought it to his father. He said to
his father, “Let my father arise...
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32
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?”
He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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33
Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has
taken venison, and brought it to me, a...
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34
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly
great and bitter cry, and said...
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35
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away
your blessing.”
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36
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted
me these two times. He took away my bi...
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37
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and
all his brothers I have given to him fo...
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38
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my
father? Bless me, even me also, my fathe...
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39
Isaac his father answered him,
“Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
and of th...
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40
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break lo...
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41
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father
blessed him. Esau said in his heart,...
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42
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She
sent and called Jacob, her younger son,...
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43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother,
in Haran.
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44
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
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45
until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what
you have done to him. Then I wil...
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46
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wif...