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Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
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A Mother's Cunning Plan
Commentators explain that Rebekah's complaint to Isaac is a strategic half-truth. While genuinely distressed by Esau's Canaanite wives, her primary, unstated motive is to save Jacob from Esau's murderous rage. She conceals the full story to protect Isaac from grief and to secure his permission for Jacob's departure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
And Rebekah said to Isaac. When Jacob might have fled secretly, his mother nevertheless obtains permission for his departure from his fath…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rebekah said to Isaac Not what she had told Jacob concerning the enmity of Esau to Jacob, and his intention to k…
Esau harbored malice against Jacob because of the blessing Jacob had obtained. In this way, Esau followed the path of Cain, who killed his brother …
