45 And till thy brother’s wrath turn away from thee, and he forget the things, which thou hast done to him: then will I send and take thee from thence: why should I be [a]deprived of you both in one day?

46 Also Rebekah said to Isaac, (A)I am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the [b]daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the land, [c]what availeth it me to live?

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:45 For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will afterward light on the wicked son.
  2. Genesis 27:46 Which were Esau’s wives.
  3. Genesis 27:46 Hereby she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob’s departing.

45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,(A) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.(B) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite(C) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,(D) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”(E)

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