Genesis 30:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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  • Gen 29:31 : 31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!
  • 1 Sam 1:4-8 : 4 And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5 but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb. 6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. 7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
  • Job 3:1-3 : 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job answered and said: 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
  • Job 3:11 : 11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
  • Job 13:19 : 19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
  • Ps 106:16 : 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime; 17 because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
  • John 4:3 : 3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
  • John 4:8 : 8 For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
  • Gen 35:16-19 : 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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  • Gen 30:2-10
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    2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

    3And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

    4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

    5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

    6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

    7And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

    8And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

    9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

    10And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 30:22-25
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    22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

    23And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

    24and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.

    25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

  • Gen 35:16-19
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    16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

    17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

    18And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

    19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

  • Gen 30:14-15
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    14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. [

    15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 27:46
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    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, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

  • Gen 29:16-18
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    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17And Leah's eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.

    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 31:32-34
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    32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

    34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 48:7
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    7And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

  • Gen 29:10-12
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    10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

    12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.

  • Jer 31:15
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    15Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.