Genesis 30:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

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  • Gen 29:31 : 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
  • 1 Sam 1:4-8 : 4 And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast: 5 But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children. 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children; 7 And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food. 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • Job 3:1-3 : 1 Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth, 2 Job made answer and said, 3 Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.
  • Job 3:11 : 11 Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul; 21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth; 22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
  • Job 13:19 : 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.
  • Ps 106:16 : 16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me. 15 A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad. 16 May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day; 17 Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever. 18 Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
  • John 4:3 : 3 He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.
  • John 4:8 : 8 For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?
  • Gen 35:16-19 : 16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time. 17 And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son. 18 And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin. 19 So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

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  • Gen 30:2-10
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    2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

    3 Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

    4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5 And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

    6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

    7 And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

    8 And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

    9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

    10 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • Gen 30:22-25
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    22 Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

    23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

    24 And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

    25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • Gen 35:16-19
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    16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

    17 And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

    18 And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

    19 So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

  • Gen 30:14-15
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    14 Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

    15 But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 27:46
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    46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

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

    17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

    18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22 And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

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

  • Gen 31:32-34
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    32 As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

    33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

    34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

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    17 And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 48:7
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    7 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

  • Gen 29:10-12
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    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19 And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

  • Jer 31:15
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    15 So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.