1; Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid
unto Jacob.
5; Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.
9; Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.
14; Reuben finds mandrakes, with which Leah buys her husband's
company of Rachel.
17; Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.
22; Rachel bears Joseph.
25; Jacob desires to depart.
27; Laban detains him on a new agreement.
37; Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.
* when Rachel.
29:31
* Rachel envied.
Envy and jealousy are most tormenting passions to the breast
which harbours them, vexatious to all around, and introductory
to much impatience and ungodliness. "Who is able to stand
before envy?"
37:11 1Sa 1:4-8 Ps 106:16 Pr 14:30 Ec 4:4 1Co 3:3 Ga 5:21
Tit 3:3 Jas 3:14 4:5
* or else I die.
35:16-19 37:11 Nu 11:15,29 1Ki 19:4 Job 3:1-3,11,20-22 5:2
Job 13:19 Jer 20:14-18 Joh 4:3,8 2Co 7:10
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