When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:1 - English Standard Version 2016 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?