Genesis 30:1
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.
KJV
Cernens autem Rachel quod infecunda esset, invidit sorori suæ, et ait marito suo : Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar.
Vulgate
Ἰδοῦσα δὲ Ῥαχὴλ ὅτι οὐ τέτοκεν τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐζήλωσεν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἰακώβ Δός μοι τέκνα· εἰ δὲ μή, τελευτήσω ἐγώ.
LXX
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
ASV
וַ/תֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְ/יַעֲקֹ֔ב וַ/תְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּ/אֲחֹתָ֑/הּ וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל יַעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָ/ה לִּ֣/י בָנִ֔ים וְ/אִם אַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2374Couples who discover that they are sterile suffer greatly. "What will you give me," asks Abraham of God, "for I continue childless?"163 and Rachel cries to her husband Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!"164
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- 1Kgs 19:4 — But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my l
- 1Sam 1:4 — And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
- 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- 2Kgs 4:14 — And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
- 2Kgs 4:28 — Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
- Eccl 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Gen 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Gen 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Jas 4:5 — Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
- Jer 20:14 — Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
- Job 3:1 — After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
- Job 3:11 — Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Job 13:19 — Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
- John 4:3 — He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
- John 4:8 — (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
- Num 11:15 — And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- Num 11:29 — And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
- Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- Prov 30:16 — The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
- Ps 106:16 — They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
- Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.