Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah says to Isaac, “I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these—from the daughters of the land—why do I live?”
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Genesis 24:3and I cause you to swear by YHWH, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Genesis 26:35and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 34:1And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land,
1 Kings 19:4and he himself has gone a day’s journey into the wilderness, and comes and sits under a certain broom tree, and desires his soul to die, and says, “Enough, now, O YHWH, take my soul, for I [am] not better than my fathers.”
Job 7:16I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
Jonah 4:3And now, O YHWH, please take my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.”
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 →