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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 30:2

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:1

Envied, or desired to have children like her. Thus we may envy the virtues of the saints. (Calmet) --- Give me, &c. These words seem to indicate a degree of impatience, at which we need not be surprised, when we reflect, that Rachel had been educated among idolaters. (Menochius) --- Die of grief and shame. "I shall be considered as one dead," Jun.[Junius?] St. Chrysostom thinks she threatened to lay violent hands on herself, and through jealousy, spoke in a foolish manner. This passion is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:2

Angry at the rash and apparently blasphemous demand of Rachel. (Menochius) --- As God, pro Deo. Am I to work a miracle in opposition to God, who has made thee barren? To him thou oughtest to address thyself. The Hebrews justly observe, that God has reserved to himself the four keys of nature: 1. Of generation; 2. Of sustenance, Psalm cxliv. 16; 3. Of rain, Deuteronomy xxviii. 12; And, 4. Of the grave or resurrection, Ezechiel xxxvii. 12. (Tirinus) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:1-13

1-13 Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage. Let us carefully watch against all the risings and workings of this passion in our minds. Let not our eye be evil towards any of our fellow-servants, because our Master's is good. Jacob loved Rachel, and therefore reproved her for what she... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 30:1-13

The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah v. 1. 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. Barrenness was considered a special punishment and curse of God in the Old Testament, especially in the families of the patriarchs, in whose case the longing for the Messiah intensified the desire for children. Rachel, therefore, seeing her sister Leah bearing one son after the other, was filled with envy and impatience,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 30:1-24

SECOND SECTIONJacob’s wives and children. Jacob and Rachel, Laban’s youngest daughter. First and second treaty with Laban. His involuntary consummation of marriage with Leah. The double marriage. Leah’s sons. Rachel’s dissatisfaction. The strife of the two women. The concubines. Jacob’s blessing of children Genesis 29:1 to Genesis 30:241Then Jacob went on his journey [lifted up his feet] and came [fled] into the land of the people [children] of the east [morning]. 2And he looked, and behold a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 30:1-24

Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is made in the nursery, and we are very much what our mothers have made us in the formative years. An old Spanish proverb says, “An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.” Leah’s influence on her boys, as judged by their subsequent life, was anything but healthy; yet with Jacob being the man he was,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 30:1-43

In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people lived. That, however, does not prevent our seeing how much is chronicled here which contradicts the principle of faith. It is the story of domestic trouble and heart-burning out of which arose actions utterly out of keeping with the life of simple trust. Nevertheless, throughout there is a manifest... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:1

‘And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children or I die.” Rachel’s great distress at the way things have turned out is apparent. She feels she has failed Jacob and is conscious of the congratulations being heaped on Leah. Her words here probably reflect a continual period of nagging, which to someone who loved her so much became exasperating. “Give me children or I die.” Rachel sees little point in life and is suffering... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:2

‘And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place? Who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” Rachel’s accusations stir up Jacob’s anger. He too no doubt feels frustrated. So he reacts with an outburst. He points out that it is God who is withholding a child not him. There is possibly a hint that Rachel is somehow to blame. “God”. The word is Elohim. Failure cannot be laid at the door of God as Yahweh. Indeed from now on the whole passage uses Elohim until... read more

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 30:2

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:1

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:2

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:1-13

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 30:1-13

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 30:1-24

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 30:1-24

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 30:1-43

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:2

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