The Ancient TableThe Ancient Table · Genesis 30:1–3
Rachel’s plea
Rivalry becomes a painful conversation and a proposal involving Bilhah.
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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.”
Genesis 30:1 · World English Bible Classic
Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Genesis 30:2 · World English Bible Classic
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 30:3 · World English Bible Classic
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