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# I abhor life
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Rebekah is exaggerating to emphasize how upset she is about the Hittite women that Esau married. Alternate translation: "I am terribly upset" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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# the daughters of Heth
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"these Hittite women" or "descendants of Heth"
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# like these women, some of the daughters of the land
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The phrase "daughters of the land" means the local females. Alternate translation: "like these women who live in this land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# what good will my life be to me?
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Rebekah uses a question to emphasize how upset she would be if Jacob marries a Hittite woman. Alternate translation: "My life will be awful!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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