Genesis 30:1 Cross References
Genesis 30:1
1: When Rachel saw that she wasn't having any children, she became jealous of her sister. "Give me children, or I'll die!" she exclaimed to Jacob.
Genesis 29:31
- But because Leah was unloved, the LORD let her have a child, while Rachel was childless.
Genesis 37:11
- But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father gave it some thought and wondered what it all meant.
Job 5:2
- Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
James 3:14
- But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie.
Numbers 11:29
- But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them all!"
Job 3:1
- At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.
- He said:
- "Cursed be the day of my birth, and cursed be the night when I was conceived.
1 Samuel 1:4
- On the day Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the sacrifice to Peninnah and each of her children.
- But he gave Hannah a special portion because he loved her very much, even though the LORD had given her no children.
- But Peninnah made fun of Hannah because the LORD had closed her womb.
- Year after year it was the same--Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Hannah would finally be reduced to tears and would not even eat.
- "What's the matter, Hannah?" Elkanah would ask. "Why aren't you eating? Why be so sad just because you have no children? You have me--isn't that better than having ten sons?"
Genesis 35:16
- Leaving Bethel, they traveled on toward Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). But Rachel's pains of childbirth began while they were still some distance away.
- After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, "Don't be afraid--you have another son!"
- Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named him Ben-oni; the baby's father, however, called him Benjamin.
- So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Psalms 106:16
- The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.
Jeremiah 20:14
- Yet I curse the day I was born! May the day of my birth not be blessed.
- I curse the messenger who told my father, "Good news--you have a son!"
- Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
- for he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother's womb, that her body had been my grave!
- Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.
John 4:3
- So he left Judea to return to Galilee.
Numbers 11:15
- I'd rather you killed me than treat me like this. Please spare me this misery!"
1 Kings 19:4
- Then he went on alone into the desert, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."
James 4:5
- What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, jealously longs for us to be faithful?
Job 3:20
- "Oh, why should light be given to the weary, and life to those in misery?
- They long for death, and it won't come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
- It is a blessed relief when they finally die, when they find the grave.
Job 3:11
- "Why didn't I die at birth as I came from the womb?
Galatians 5:21
- envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 3:3
- for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires? You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord.
John 4:8
- He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
- Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
Titus 3:3
- Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
Job 13:19
- Who can argue with me over this? If you could prove me wrong, I would remain silent until I die.
2 Corinthians 7:10
- For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.
Proverbs 14:30
- A relaxed attitude lengthens life; jealousy rots it away.