Genesis 30:1

God's Word

Rachel saw that she could not have children for Jacob, and she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw Leah was unloved, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel had none.

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about these things.

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”

Job 13:19

Who can make a case against me? If someone could, I’d be silent and die.

Job 3:11

“Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb?

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

Psalm 106:16

In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart makes for a healthy body, but jealousy is ⌞like⌟ bone cancer.

Proverbs 30:16

the grave, a barren womb, a land that never gets enough water, a fire that does not say, “Enough!”

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you’re going to treat me, why don’t you just kill me? I can’t face this trouble anymore.”

Numbers 11:29

But Moses asked him, “Do you think you need to stand up for me? I wish all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them.”

John 4:3

So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

John 4:8

(His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you’re still influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves, aren’t you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards?

2 Corinthians 7:10

In fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things. I’ve told you in the past and I’m telling you again that people who do these kinds of things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

Titus 3:3

Indeed, we, too, were once stupid, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures. We were mean and jealous. We were hated, and we hated each other.

James 3:14

But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don’t brag. Don’t say that you are wise when it isn’t true.

James 4:5

Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

1 Samuel 1:10

Though she was resentful, she prayed to the Lord while she cried.