Genesis 30:1

Genesis 30:2 →

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.

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Interpretation

Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage.

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This thought runs through Genesis 30:1-5.

Genesis 30:1 Genesis 30:2 Genesis 30:3 Genesis 30:4 Genesis 30:5

Glossary

Rachel Person: Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives ( Gen. 29:6 , 28).