Genesis 24:7

24:7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, ¹  promised me with a solemn oath, ²  ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel ³  before you so that you may find ⁴  a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 27:46

27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am deeply depressed ⁵  because of these daughters of Heth. ⁶  If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!” ⁷ 

[24:7]  ¹ tn Or “the land of my birth.”

[24:7]  ² tn Heb “and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Or “his messenger.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “before you and you will take.”

[27:46]  ⁵ tn Heb “loathe my life.” The Hebrew verb translated “loathe” refers to strong disgust (see Lev 20:23).

[27:46]  ⁶ tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.

[27:46]  ⁷ tn Heb “If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, why to me life?”