Genesis 30:2
Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
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- Gen 16:2 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
- 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, although the LORD had not enabled her to have children.
- 1 Sam 2:5-6 : 5 The well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman has given birth to seven, but the one with many children has declined. 6 The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
- 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”
- Ps 113:9 : 9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!
- Ps 127:3 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.
- Mark 3:5 : 5 After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
- Luke 1:42 : 42 She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!
- Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.
- Gen 20:18 : 18 For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
- Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
- Gen 29:31 : 31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
- Gen 31:36 : 36 Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
- Gen 50:19 : 19 But Joseph answered them,“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
- Exod 32:19 : 19 When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.
- Deut 7:13-14 : 13 He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you. 14 You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.
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1When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”
- Gen 30:3-108 verses83%
3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”
4So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
6Then Rachel said,“God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.
7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.
8Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.
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31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
- Gen 30:22-254 verses76%
22Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”
24She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”
25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
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36Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
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14At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah,“Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15But Leah replied,“Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“All right,” Rachel said,“he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
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14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
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32Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it.”(Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)
33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.
34(Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle and sat on them.) Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them.
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22But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,
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17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.
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16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.
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21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,
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10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.
11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.
12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.
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16(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
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25In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”
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29(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)
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4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
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12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.
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21Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”
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19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.
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42If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”