Genesis 30:2
Jacob, being angry, responded to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of your womb?”
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Genesis 20:18For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Genesis 29:31But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.
Genesis 50:19And he answered them: “Do not be afraid. Are we able to resist the will of God?
Deuteronomy 7:13And he will love you and multiply you. And he will bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land: your grain as well as your vintage, oil, and herds, and the flocks of your sheep, upon the land about which he swore to your fathers that he would give it to you.
1 Samuel 2:5Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.
Psalms 113:9Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14
Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 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. 2 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? 3 And 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. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →