Genesis 30:1

New Living Translation

When Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive.

Genesis 37:11

But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.

1 Kings 19:4

Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Job 13:19

Who can argue with me over this? And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.

Job 3:11

“Why wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Job 5:2

Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

Psalm 106:16

The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.

Proverbs 14:30

A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.

Proverbs 30:16

the grave, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”

Numbers 11:29

But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”

John 4:3

So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

John 4:8

He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Titus 3:3

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.

James 3:14

But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.

James 4:5

Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord.