Now Adonai saw that Leah was unloved, so he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
Genesis 30:1 - Tree of Life Version When Rachel saw that she bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die. |
Now Adonai saw that Leah was unloved, so he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the speech in mind.
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom bush. He prayed that he might die. “It’s too much!” he said. “Now, Adonai, take my life! For I’m no better than my fathers.”
Then they envied Moses in the camp, and also Aaron, the holy one of Adonai.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
Sheol, a barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”
Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.
If this is how You are treating me, kill me now! If I have found favor in Your eyes, kill me please—don’t let me see my own misery!”
But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous on my behalf? If only Adonai would make all the people prophets! If only Adonai would put the Spirit on all of them!”
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, aren’t you worldly and walking in a human way?
For the grief that God wills brings a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret. But the world’s grief brings death.
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, just as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Or do you think that in vain the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which He made to dwell in us”?