King James Version

Genesis 26:35

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

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וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָvatihyeynaand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מֹ֣רַתmoratgriefמֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “grief”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4786bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) troublegrief.ר֑וּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).לְיִצְחָ֖קleyitschaqto Isaac. Compare H3446יִצְחָקpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Isaac. Compare H3446”H3327Jitschak (or Isaac), son of AbrahamIsaac. Compare H3446 (יִשְׂחָק).וּלְרִבְקָֽהulerivqahand to Rebekahרִבְקָהconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and to Rebekah”H7259Ribkah, the wife of IsaacRebekah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

World English Bible

They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.

Darby Translation

And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

Douay-Rheims

And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦσαν ἐρίζουσαι τῷ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ τῇ Ῥεβέκκᾳ.