Genesis 30:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
30 4,9 Rachel and Leah being both barren, give their maids unto their husband, and they bare him children. 15 Leah giveth mandrakes to Rachel that Jacob might lie with her. 27 Laban is enriched for Jacob’s sake. 34 Jacob is made very rich.
1 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.
2 Then Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in [a]God’s stead, which hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my [b]knees, and [c]I shall have children also by her.
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- Genesis 30:2 It is only God that maketh barren and fruitful, and therefore I am not in fault.
- Genesis 30:3 I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were mine own.
- Genesis 30:3 Hebrew, I shall be built.
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