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


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."

4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,

Genesis 30:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:2Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, |Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, 'Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?