"And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die."
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And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
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."
And 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.'