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Jacob's family

30 Rachel now knew that she could not give birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. Rachel said to Jacob, ‘Please give me children. If not, I will die.’[a] Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, ‘Am I God? God has stopped you from giving birth to children!’

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  1. 30:1 At the time of the Old Testament it was very important for women to have children.