Verse 2

Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Referenced Verses

  • 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.