John Calvin Commentary Genesis 27:46

"And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?" — Genesis 27:46 (ASV)

And Rebekah said to Isaac. When Jacob might have fled secretly, his mother nevertheless obtains permission for his departure from his father, as a well-ordered domestic government and discipline required.

In giving a different reason to her husband than the true one, she may be excused from the charge of falsehood, since she neither told the whole truth nor left it entirely unsaid. Undoubtedly, she truly states that she was tormented, even to the point of being weary of life, because of her Hittite daughters-in-law; but she prudently conceals the more inward evil, lest she inflict a mortal wound on her husband and also lest she further inflame Esau’s rage—for wicked people, when their crime is detected, are often driven further into desperation.

Now, although as a result of the wicked conduct of her daughters-in-law, association with their entire people became hateful to Rebekah, yet in this again, the wonderful providence of God is conspicuous: that Jacob neither blended nor entangled himself with the future enemies of the Church.

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