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Genesis 30:1-3
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 30:1-3
EasyEnglish Bible
Jacob's family
30 Rachel now knew that she could not give birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. Rachel said to Jacob, ‘Please give me children. If not, I will die.’[a] 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, ‘Am I God? God has stopped you from giving birth to children!’ 3 Rachel said, ‘Take my servant Bilhah and have sex with her. Then she can have children on my behalf. Through her, I can have a family.’[b]
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- 30:1 At the time of the Old Testament it was very important for women to have children.
- 30:3 Sarah had said the same thing to Abraham about Hagar. See Genesis 16:2
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