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RBT Hebrew Literal:

And Stall-Fed is saying toward He-Laughs, `I have been anxious922 in my living ones from the faces of the built-ones of Terror. If Heel is him-taking a woman of the built-ones of Terror, like these ones from the built-ones of the Earth—what are to-myself the living-ones?`923

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?
LITV Translation:
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life from the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these from the daughters of the land, what is my life to me?
ESV Translation:
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Heth; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?

Footnotes

922

Strong’s #6973, quts קוּץ. To sever oneself (to be anxious, sickening dread, vex, distress, loathe). Thought to be related to qut קוּט (#6962) to cut off, snap. Same as the word for “summer” or “summer-fruit” קוּץ quts (#6972).

923

The first instance of living is chayyeh with a possessive suffix. The second instance is חַיִּים chayyim with no possessive suffix.