Genesis 30:1 - The Scriptures 1998

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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."

Genesis 30:1 Cross References

Genesis 29:31

And יהוה  saw that Lĕ

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him, but his father guarded the word.

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 prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, יהוה, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Job 13:19

Who is he who would strive with me? For then I would keep silent and die.

Job 3:11

Why did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalm 106:16

And they were jealous of Mosheh in the camp, Of Aharon, the set-apart one of יהוה,

Proverbs 14:30

A healthy heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 30:16

The grave, and the barren womb, Soil not satisfied with water, And fire which never says, “Enough.”

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Numbers 11:15

“And if You are doing this to me, please slay me altogether, if I have found favour in Your eyes, and let me not see my evil!”

Numbers 11:29

Then Mosheh said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Oh, that all the people of יהוה  were prophets, that יהוה  would put His Spirit upon them!”

John 4:3

He left Yehuḏ

John 4:8

For His taught ones had gone off into the city to buy food.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For since there is envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to man?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For sadness according to Elohim works repentance to deliverance, not to be regretted, but the sadness of the world works death.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like – of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practise such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, being hated and hating one another.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast against and lie against the truth.

James 4:5

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which dwells in us intensely crave unto envy?

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was bitter in life, and prayed to יהוה  and wept greatly.