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30 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she[a] became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children[b] or I’ll die!”

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  1. Genesis 30:1 tn Heb “Rachel.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Genesis 30:1 tn Heb “sons.”

Jacob became furious[a] with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”[b]

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  1. Genesis 30:2 tn Heb “and the anger of Jacob was hot.”
  2. Genesis 30:2 tn Heb “who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.”