Genesis 27:46
And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 24:3That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 26:35And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.
Genesis 34:1And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.
1 Kings 19:4And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 7:16I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
Jonah 4:3And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:42-46
Jacob's Life Threatened by Esau. ( b. c. 1760.) 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee… Read the whole commentary →