Genesis 30:1

Good News Translation

But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 37:11

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down in the shade of a tree and wished he would die. “It's too much, Lord,” he prayed. “Take away my life; I might as well be dead!”

Job 13:19

Are you coming to accuse me, God? If you do, I am ready to be silent and die.

Job 3:11

I wish I had died in my mother's womb or died the moment I was born.

Job 5:2

To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Psalm 106:16

There in the desert they were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the Lord's holy servant.

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Proverbs 30:16

the world of the dead, a woman without children, dry ground that needs rain, and a fire burning out of control.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Numbers 11:15

If you are going to treat me like this, have pity on me and kill me, so that I won't have to endure your cruelty any longer.”

Numbers 11:29

Moses answered, “Are you concerned about my interests? I wish that the Lord would give his spirit to all his people and make all of them shout like prophets!”

John 4:3

So when Jesus heard what was being said, he left Judea and went back to Galilee;

John 4:8

His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation—and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.

Galatians 5:21

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

James 3:14

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

James 4:5

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, “The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires.”