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.|


In Context

1 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.|

2 Jacob'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?|

3 She said, |Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:1When 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!"

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 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.