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Genesis 30:2Gen.30.2

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?

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Translations

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?

Patristic reading

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  • 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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