Genesis 30:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.

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  • Gen 29:31 : 31 When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 If thou deale thus with me, kyll me I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, yt I see not my wretchednesse.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym: Enuiest thou for my sake? woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie, and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them.
  • 1 Sam 1:4-8 : 4 And it fel on a day, that Elkana offered, and gaue to Phenenna his wyfe, and to all her sonnes and daughters, portions. 5 But vnto Hanna he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hanna, & the Lorde had made her barren. 6 And her enemie Phenenna vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren. 7 (And so dyd he yere by yere) and as oft as she wet vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept, and dyd not eate. 8 Then sayde Elkana her husband to her: Hanna, why wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thine hearte troubled? Am not I better to thee then ten sonnes?
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he him selfe went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sat downe vnder a Iuniper tree, and desired for his soule that he might dye, and sayde: It is nowe enough O Lorde, take my soule, for I am not better then my fathers.
  • Job 3:1-3 : 1 After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day, 2 And Iob aunswered, and sayde: 3 Let the day perishe wherin I was borne, and the night in the whiche it was sayd, There is a man childe conceaued.
  • Job 3:11 : 11 Alas why died I not in the birth? why dyd not I perishe assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe?
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes? 21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures: 22 Which reioyce exceedingly, and be glad when they can finde the graue,
  • Job 5:2 : 2 As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.
  • Job 13:19 : 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.
  • Ps 106:16 : 16 They enuied also at Moyses in the tentes: and at Aaron the saint of God.
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was borne, vnhappy be the day wherein my mother brought me foorth. 15 Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make hym gald, saying, Thou hast begotten a sonne: 16 Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities whiche the Lorde turned vpsidedowne and repented not: Let hym heare crying in the morning, and at noone day lamentable howling. 17 Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe? or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her? 18 Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe? to haue experience of labour and sorowe, and to leade my lyfe with shame?
  • John 4:3 : 3 He left Iurie, and departed agayne into Galilee.
  • John 4:8 : 8 For his disciples were gone away, vnto the towne to bye meate.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For ye are carnal. Seing then, there is among you enuying, & stryfe, and sectes, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorowe, causeth repentaunce vnto saluatio, not to be repented of: but the sorowe of the world causeth death.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
  • Gen 35:16-19 : 16 And they departed from Bethel: and when he was but a fielde breadth from Ephrath, Rachel began to trauell, and in trauayling, she was in perill: 17 And as she was in paynes of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her: feare not, for this sonne is thyne also. 18 Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin. 19 And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem.

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  • Gen 30:2-10
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    2And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

    3Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her.

    4And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.

    5And Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne.

    6Then saide Rachel: God hath geuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath geuen me a sonne: therfore called she hym Dan.

    7And Bilha Rachels seruant conceaued againe, & bare Iacob another sonne.

    8And Rachel said: With godly wrastlynges haue I wrastled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and she called his name Nephthali.

    9When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe.

    10And Zilpha Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.

  • Gen 30:22-25
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    22And God remembred Rachel, & God hearde her, and made her fruitefull,

    23So that she conceaued & bare a sonne: and sayde, God hath taken awaye my rebuke.

    24And she called his name Ioseph, saying: the Lorde geue me yet another sonne.

    25Assoone as Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde to Laban: Send me away, that I maye go vnto my owne place, and to my countrey.

  • Gen 35:16-19
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    16And they departed from Bethel: and when he was but a fielde breadth from Ephrath, Rachel began to trauell, and in trauayling, she was in perill:

    17And as she was in paynes of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her: feare not, for this sonne is thyne also.

    18Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin.

    19And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem.

  • Gen 30:14-15
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    14And Ruben went out in the dayes of the wheate haruest, & founde Mandragoras in the fielde, and brought them vnto his mother Lea. Then said Rachel to Lea: Geue me I praye thee of thy sonnes Mandragoras.

    15To whom Lea aunswered: Is it not enough that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my sonnes Mandragoras also? Then saide Rachel: well, let hym sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14Then aunswered Rachel, and Lea, and said vnto him: haue we had as yet any portion or inheritaunce in our fathers house?

  • Gen 27:46
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    46And Rebecca spake to Isahac: I am weery of my lyfe for the daughters of Heth. Yf Iacob take a wyfe of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the lande, what good shall my lyfe do me?

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also.

    29And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt.

  • Gen 29:16-18
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    16Laban had two daughters, the elder called Lea, and the younger Rachel.

    17Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.

    18And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22And the childre stroue together within her wombe: therfore she said, if it be so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lorde.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The chyldren of Rachel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and Beniamin.

  • Gen 31:32-34
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    32But with whomsoeuer thou findest thy gods, let hym dye. Here before our brethren, seeke that thyne is by me, and take it to thee: But Iacob wyst not that Rachel had stolen them.

    33Then went Laban into Iacobs tent, and into Leas tent, and into the two maydseruaunts tentes: but found them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, and entred into Rachels tent:

    34And Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camelles strawe, & sate downe vpon them: And Laban tossed vp all ye tent, but found them not.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17And God hearde Lea, that she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne.

  • Gen 48:7
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    7And when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel dyed vpon my hande in the land of Chanaan, by the way, when there was but a fieldes breadth to come vnto Ephratha: and I buried her there in the waye to Ephratha, the same is Beth-lehem.

  • Gen 29:10-12
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    10Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

    11And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

    12And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19And Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixt sonne.

  • Jer 31:15
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    15Thus saith the Lorde, The voyce of heauinesse, weepyng, and lamentation was hearde on hye, euen of Rachel mournyng for her children, and woulde not be comforted because they were not.