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When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
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Verse 1. Envied, or desired to have children like her. Thus we may envy the virtues of the saints. Calmet.—Give me, and so forth These words seem to indicate a degree of impatience, at which we need not be surprised, when we reflect, that Rachel had been educated among idolaters. Menochius.—Die of grief and shame. “I shall be considered as one dead.” Jun. S. Chrysostom thinks she threatened to lay violent hands on herself, and through jealousy, spoke in a foolish manner. This passion is capable of the basest actions, ( Bible.) and is almost unavoidable where polygamy reigns. Calmet.
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