Genesis 30:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD 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 ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, 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? wherefore 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 the LORD.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
  • Luke 1:42 : 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, 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 the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 ¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, 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 so 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 womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: 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 said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

  • Gen 30:3-10
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    3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have 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 maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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

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

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

  • 31¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, 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; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

    25¶ And it came to pass, when Rachel had born 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 so 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.

    15And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken 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.

  • 14And 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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    32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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 two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

    34Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found [them] not.

  • 22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

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

  • 16¶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

  • 21Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

  • 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.

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

  • 25And it came to pass, that in the morning, 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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