Genesis 27:46
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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?Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
In other translations
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?Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559רִבְקָהrivkahRebekahH7259אֶל־'el-toH413יִצְחָקyitzchakIsaacH3327קַצְתִּיkatztiI loatheH6973בְחַיַּיvechaiyai<in> life myH2416מִפְּנֵיmipenei<from> because ofH6440בְּנוֹתbenot[the] daughters ofH1323חֵתchetHethH2845אִם־'im-ifH518לֹקֵחַlokeach[is] takingH3947יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290אִשָּׁה'ishaha wifeH802מִבְּנוֹת־mibenot-from [the] daughters ofH1323חֵתchetHethH2845כָּאֵלֶּהka'elehlike theseH428מִבְּנוֹתmibenotfrom [the] daughters ofH1323הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100לִּיli[belongs] to <the> meחַיִּים׃chaiyimlifeH2416
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