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45 After that happens[a] and he has forgotten what you’ve done to him, I’ll send for you so you can return from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”

46 Rebekah also told herself,[b] “Heth’s daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth’s daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women,[c] what kind of life would there be left for me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:45 :45 Lit. After your brother’s anger subsides
  2. Genesis 27:46 The Heb. lacks herself
  3. Genesis 27:46 Lit. these daughters

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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