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Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבanger burnedוַיִּחַר אַףagainst Rachel,בְּרָחֵלand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Am Iהֲ אָנֹכִיin the placeתַחַתof Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhas withheldמָנַעfrom youמִמֵּךְthe fruitפְּרִיof the womb?”בָטֶן
Genesis 30:2
Study it in the app“Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of Elohim, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:2, word by word
- Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- anger burnedיִּחַרyichar
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appears- anger burnedאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- against Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has withheldמָנַעmana
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “mana” appears- the fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of the wombבָטֶןvaten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “vaten” appears
The context
1Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, and Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
2 · This verse (above)
3She said, “Here is my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may bear on my knees, and I too may have children through her.”
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?