Genesis 30:2 KJV

And 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?

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • A further account of Jacob's familyRachel 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....

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Genesis 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
  • 1 Samuel 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
  • Genesis 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
  • Genesis 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Genesis 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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Topics

  • Bilhah Mother of Dan and Naphtali
  • Childlessness A reproach
  • Children The gift of God
  • Emulation In Jacob’s household
  • Family Of Jacob, the bigamic jealousy between Leah and Rachel

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
  • RachelEwe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s...
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Jacob's יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
  • anger אַף ʾap אַף Affirmation
  • was kindled וַיִּחַר wayyiḥar חָרָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • against Rachel בְּרָחֵל bĕrāḥēl רָחֵל Proper name · with preposition
  • and he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • I in God's הֲתַחַת hătaḥat Preposition · with question אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular
  • stead, who hath withheld אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative מָנַע mānaʿ מָנַע Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • from thee the fruit מִמֵּךְ mimmēk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular פְּרִי pĕrî פְּרִי Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the womb בָטֶן bāṭen בֶּטֶן Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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