They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
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- KJV Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
- BSB And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- NKJV And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
- NASB and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- NLT But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
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Cross-references · 3
- Gen 27:46Rebekah 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?”
- Gen 28:8Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
- Gen 6:2God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
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