Discovery BoxGenesis 27:46 
Context27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am deeply depressed 1 because of these daughters of Heth. 2 If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!” 3
Genesis 23:5
Context23:5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, 4
Genesis 10:15
Context10:15 Canaan was the father of 5 Sidon his firstborn, 6 Heth, 7
1 tn Heb “loathe my life.” The Hebrew verb translated “loathe” refers to strong disgust (see Lev 20:23).
2 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.
3 tn Heb “If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, why to me life?”
4 tn Heb “answered Abraham saying to him.”
5 tn Heb “fathered.”
6 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
7 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
