30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!”(A) she said to Jacob.

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld children[a] from you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:2 Lit the fruit of the womb

30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(A) she became jealous of her sister.(B) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(C) who has kept you from having children?”(D)

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