1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"


In Context

1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"

2 Jacob became angry with her and said, "Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?"

3 Then she said, "Here is Bilhah, my maidservant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and that through her I too can build a family."

Genesis 30:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:1And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:1And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:1And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, |Give me children, or else I will die.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:1And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, 'Give me sons, and if there is none — I die.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.