Genesis 30:2
Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?
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Genesis 20:18For the Lord had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.
Genesis 29:31When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.
Genesis 50:19To whome Ioseph sayde, Feare not: for am not I vnder God?
Deuteronomy 7:13And he wil loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he will also blesse the fruite of thy wombe, and the fruite of thy land, thy corne and thy wine, and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe in the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full, are hired foorth for bread, and the hungrie are no more hired, so that the barren hath borne seuen: and shee that had many children, is feeble.
Psalms 113:9He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie, and a ioyfull mother of children. Prayse ye the Lord.
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 →