Study it in the app“Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good is life to me?””
Rebekahרִבְקָהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto Isaac,אֶל יִצְחָק“I am wearyקַצְתִּיof my lifeבְחַיַּיbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Heth.חֵתIfאִםJacobיַעֲקֹבtakesלֹקֵחַa wifeאִשָּׁהfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof Heth,חֵתlike these,כָּאֵלֶּהfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof the land,הָאָרֶץwhat goodלָמָּהis lifeחַיִּיםto me?”לִּי
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsloathe
To feel such annoyance or revulsion that one can no longer bear it.
Where else “katsti” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsgirl
The young women of a people.
Where else “benot” appearsHeth
Heth, son of Canaan, from whom the Hittites (the "sons of Heth") came.
Where else “chet” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lokeach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears45until your brother’s anger turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
46 · This verse (above)
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?
