Genesis 30:2
Good News Translation
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children."

New Revised Standard Version
Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Contemporary English Version
But Jacob became upset with Rachel and answered, "Don't blame me! I'm not God."

New American Bible
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

anger.

Genesis 31:36 And Jacob being angry, said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me,

Exodus 32:19 And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount:

Matthew 5:22 But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Mark 3:5 And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

Ephesians 4:26 Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

Am I.

Genesis 16:2 She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Genesis 50:19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?

1 Samuel 1:5 But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 2:5,6 They that were full before, have hired out themselves for bread: and the hungry are filled, so that the barren hath borne many: and she that had many children is weakened. . . .

2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

withheld.

Deuteronomy 7:13,14 And he will love thee and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy vintage, thy oil, and thy herds, and the flocks of thy sheep upon the land, for which he swore to thy fathers that he would give it thee. . . .

Psalm 113:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Psalm 127:3 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Luke 1:42 And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Context
Dan and Naphtali
1And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die. 2And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?3But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.…
Cross References
Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 29:31
And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

2 Kings 5:7
And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

Genesis 30:1
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