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30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’(A) she said to Jacob.

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, ‘Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring[a] from you! ’

Then she said, ‘Here is my maid Bilhah. Go and sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me[b](B) so that through her I too can build a family.’

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Footnotes

  1. 30:2 Lit the fruit of the womb
  2. 30:3 Lit bear on my knees