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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsque Rachel vit qu'elle ne donnait point d'enfants à Jacob, elle porta envie à sa soeur, et elle dit à Jacob: Donne-moi des enfants, ou je meurs!
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
νοῦ τὰ κινήματα εἶναι ἐπιπλήττει ὁ βλέπων; ἡ μὲν γάρ φησι· „δός μοι τέκνα, εἰ δὲ μή, τελευτήσω ἐγώ“ (Gen. 30, 1)· ὁ δὲ ἀποκρίνεται ὅτι, ὦ ψευδοδοξοῦσα, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ νοῦς αἴτιον οὐδενός, ἀλλ’ ὁ πρὸ τοῦ νοῦ θεός· διὸ καὶ ἐπιφέρει· „μὴ ἀντὶ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι, ὃς ἐστέρησέ σε καρπὸν κοιλία…
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
γελος coni. Mang. 31 με addidi 33 αὕτη Wendl.: αὐτὴ codd. γεννητόν codd. διὸ λέγει· „δός μοι τέκνα“ (Gen. 30, 1)· ἀλλ’ ὅ γε πτερνιστὴς αὐτὴν μωμησάμενος ἐρεῖ· πλάνον πεπλάνησαι πολύν, οὐ γὰρ ἀντὶ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ μόνου δυναμένου τὰς ψυχῶν μήτρας ἀνοιγνύναι καὶ σπείρειν ἐν αὐταῖς…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
cui Rachel et Lia, typus scilicet [Col. 0199A] utriusque vitae, simul nupsisse comprobantur, etc. (Gen. XXX, 1) . Christus quoque, nunc docens in campestribus (Matth. 16, 5; Marc. VI, 32) , nunc in montibus orans (Luc. VI, 12, IX, 10) , suis eos figurabat studiis, in quibus si…
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