Genesis 30:1
And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.
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Genesis 35:16And Jacob removed from Bethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder, and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephrath, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labor.
Numbers 11:15And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favor with thee, that I may not see my affliction.
1 Samuel 1:4And the day came, and Elkanah sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Peninnah and her children.
1 Kings 19:4And he himself went a day’s journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 3:11For why died I not in the belly? 1 And why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately? 1
Job 5:2For wrath destroys the foolish one, 1 And envy slays him that has gone astray. 1
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 →