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Genesis 30:1

IsraelRachel
Envy and jealousyGrief
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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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.”
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.

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