Genesis 30:2
Verse 2 of 43. The 30th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
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Genesis 30:2 in the World English Bible
Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”Read Genesis 30:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2
He loved Rachel, and therefore reproved her for what she said amiss, v. 2. Note, Faithful reproofs and products and instances of true affection, Ps. cxli. 5; Prov. xxvii. 5, 6. Job reproved his wife when she spoke the language of the foolish women, Job ii. 10. See 1 Cor. vii. 16. He was angry, not at the person, but at the sin; he expressed himself so as to show his displeasure.
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:1–13: Increase of Jacob's Family. (b. c. 1745.)
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