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Rebekah
Rachel is one of Laban’s daughters, making her Bethuel’s granddaughter and Jacob’s cousin. She becomes engaged to Jacob soon after he arrives in Haran, having been sent there by his parents to seek a wife among his mother’s relatives. After Jacob has worked for seven years in exchange for Rachel, however, Laban gives Leah to Jacob first. Then Jacob is allowed to marry Rachel, whom he loves far more, in exchange for another seven years’ work. Rachel remains barren for many years, watching jealously as Leah gives birth to son after son. Eventually, she gives Jacob her maid, Bilhah, who bears him Dan and Naphtali. After many years, God enables Rachel to conceive Joseph. She later dies in childbirth with Benjamin and is buried at Bethlehem.
Rachel Quotes in Genesis
The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Rachel or refer to Rachel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 30
Quotes
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” […]
Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach”; and she named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”
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Rachel Quotes in Genesis
The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Rachel or refer to Rachel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 30
Quotes
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” […]
Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach”; and she named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”
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