KJV King James Version
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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Genesis 26:35
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
WEB World English Bible
They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
ASV American Standard Version
and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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Genesis 27:46And 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 [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.Genesis 28:8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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