Genesis 30:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN RACHEL saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I will die!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Common English Bible

¹ When Rachel realized that she could bear Jacob no children, Rachel became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children! If you don’t, I may as well be dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then Rachel, discerning that she was infertile, envied her sister, and so she said to her husband, "Give me children, otherwise I will die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

Genesis 30:1 Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.”

Job 13:19

Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

Job 3:11

“Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Psalm 106:16

When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 30:16

Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, “Enough.”

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Numbers 11:15

If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

Numbers 11:29

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!”

John 4:3

he left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

John 4:8

For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?

1 Samuel 1:10

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.