30:1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she 1 became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children 2 or I’ll die!” 30:2 Jacob became furious 3 with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” 4
30:22 Then God took note of 5 Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant. 6
1 tn Heb “Rachel.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “sons.”
3 tn Heb “and the anger of Jacob was hot.”
4 tn Heb “who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.”
5 tn Heb “remembered.”
6 tn Heb “and God listened to her and opened up her womb.” Since “God” is the subject of the previous clause, the noun has been replaced by the pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons