And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
La colère de Jacob s'enflamma contre Rachel, et il dit: Suis-je à la place de Dieu, qui t'empêche d'être féconde?
KJV
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
χὴλ πρότερον αἰτησαμένη τὸν νοῦν ὡς αἴτιον τοῦ ποιεῖν ἔκγονα καὶ ἀκούσασα· „μὴ ἀντὶ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι“; (Gen. 30,2) προσέσχε τε τῷ λεχθέντι καὶ μαθοῦσα παλινῳδίαν ἱερωτάτην ἐποίησε· γέγραπται γὰρ Ῥαχὴλ παλινῳδία, θεοφιλὴς εὐχή· „προσθέτω μοι ὁ θεὸς υἱὸν ἕτερον“ (Gen. 30,24), ἣν οὐδεν…
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