Verse 2

Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 16:2 : 2 Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 2:5-6 : 5 Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes. 6 Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
  • 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He settles the barren woman in her home, As a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
  • Luke 1:42 : 42 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
  • Gen 31:36 : 36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?
  • Gen 50:19 : 19 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
  • Exod 32:19 : 19 It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
  • Deut 7:13-14 : 13 and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.