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Genesis 27:46

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I’m sick of my life because of these Hethite girls.  If Jacob marries someone from around here,  like these Hethite girls, what good is my life? ’

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and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,


Esau realised that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,


If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger   passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me.


I give up! I will not live for ever. Leave me alone,  for my days are a breath.


but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree  and prayed that he might die. He said, ‘I have had enough! Lord, take my life,  for I’m no better than my ancestors.’


If you are going to treat me like this, please kill me here and now,  if I have found favour with you, and  don’t let me see my misery  any more.’


Then God asked Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about the plant? ’ ‘Yes, it’s right! ’ he replied. ‘I’m angry enough to die! ’


And now, Lord, take my life from me,  for it is better for me to die than to live.’





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