Genesis 30:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And 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?

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  • Gen 16:2 : 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 2:5-6 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger] : Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth. [ 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
  • 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
  • Luke 1:42 : 42 and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
  • Gen 31:36 : 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?
  • Gen 50:19 : 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
  • Exod 32:19 : 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
  • Deut 7:13-14 : 13 and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

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  • 1 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.

  • Gen 30:3-10
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    3 And 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.

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

    5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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

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

    25 And 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.

  • 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?

  • Gen 30:14-15
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    14 And 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. [

    15 And 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.

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

  • Gen 31:32-34
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    32 With 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.

    33 And 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.

    34 Now 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

  • Gen 29:10-12
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    10 And 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.

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

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

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

  • 25 And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

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

  • 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • 12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.

  • 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

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

  • 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.