Rebekah later told Isaac, “Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead.”
in the name of the LORD, who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.
Esau already had several wives, but he realized at last how much his father hated the Canaanite women.
then walked another whole day into the desert. Finally, he came to a large bush and sat down in its shade. He begged the LORD, “I've had enough. Just let me die! I'm no better off than my ancestors.”
Please hide me, God, deep in the ground— and when you are angry no more, remember to rescue me.
Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.
But the LORD asked, “Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?” “Yes, I do,” he answered, “and I'm angry enough to die.”
If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life!