Genesis 30:1

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Summary

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.

When rachel

Genesis 29:31

Rachel envied

Or else i die

Bible References

When rachel

Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

Rachel envied

And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:

They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Or else i die

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.