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.
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
3 Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da Rakel så at hun og Jakob ikke fikk barn, ble hun misunnelig på sin søster og sa til Jakob: La meg få barn! Ellers dør jeg.
- OTB
- Da Rakel så at hun ikke fødte barn til Jakob, ble hun misunnelig på sin søster og sa til Jakob: "Gi meg barn, ellers dør jeg!"
- B1930
- Da Rakel så at hun og Jakob ikke fikk barn, blev hun misunnelig på sin søster og sa til Jakob: La mig få barn! Ellers dør jeg.
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
- ASV
- And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- DARBY
- And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- BLB
- And Rachel saw that she was not bearing [children] to Jacob, and Rachel was envious of her sister and she said to Jacob, “Give to me sons, and if not, I will die.”
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Kryssreferanser
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Les i sammenhengJames 3:14
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Les i sammenhengJames 4:5
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
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