Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (A)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

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And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[a] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children

And when the king of Israel read the letter, (A)he tore his clothes and said, (B)“Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only (C)consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

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But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb

19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for (A)am I in the place of God?

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26 (A)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

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And he (A)looked around at them with anger, grieved at (B)their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” (C)He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

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22 But I say to you that (A)everyone who is angry with his brother[a] will be liable (B)to judgment; whoever insults[b] his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to (C)the hell[c] of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts insert without cause
  2. Matthew 5:22 Greek says Raca to (a term of abuse)
  3. Matthew 5:22 Greek Gehenna; also verses 29, 30

Behold, (A)children are a heritage from the Lord,
    (B)the fruit of the womb a reward.

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He (A)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
(B)Praise the Lord!

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Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
    but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
(A)The barren has borne seven,
    (B)but she who has many children is forlorn.
(C)The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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19 And as soon as he came near the camp and (A)saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

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36 Then Jacob became angry and berated Laban. Jacob said to Laban, “What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

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Jacob's Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And (A)the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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18 For the Lord (A)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, (A)“Blessed are you among women, and (B)blessed is (C)the fruit of your womb!

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13 He will (A)love you, bless you, and multiply you. (B)He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples. (C)There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.

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