Genesis 30:1

Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.

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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.

In Context

2And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

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Cross References

Genesis 35:16And they departed from Bethel: and when he was but a fielde breadth from Ephrath, Rachel began to trauell, and in trauayling, she was in perill:

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:1

In this chapter we have an account of the increase, I. Of Jacob's family. Eight children more we find registered in this chapter; Dan and Naphtali by Bilhah, Rachel's maid, ver. 1-8 . Gad and Asher by Zilpah, Leah's maid, ver. 9-13 . Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah, by Leah, ver. 14-21 . And, last of all, Joseph, by Rachel, ver. 22-24 . II. Of Jacob's estate. He makes a new bargain with Laban, ver. 25-34 . And in the six years' further service he did to Laban God wonderfully blessed him, so that his stock of cattle… Read the whole commentary →

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