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 saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Rachel envied

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

When they became envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is

vanity and striving after wind.

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking

like mere men?

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Or else i die

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

“Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

Cursed be the day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.

For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.