Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
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Cross references
- Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Genesis 29:31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 37:11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.