Génesis 30:2

2 Entonces Jacob se puso furioso con Raquel.
—¿Acaso yo soy Dios? —le dijo—. ¡Él es el que no te ha permitido tener hijos!

Génesis 30:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel
Whom yet he dearly loved, hearing her talk in such an extravagant manner, as her words seemed to be, and were not: only expressive of great uneasiness and impatience, but implied what was not in the power of man to do: and he said, [am] I in God's stead:
do you take me to be God, or one that has a dispensing power from him to do what otherwise no creature can do; and which also he never gives to any? for, as the Targum of Jerusalem on ( Genesis 30:22 ) says, this is one of the four keys which God delivers not to an angel or a seraph; even the key of barrenness. Children are the gift of God, and his only, and therefore he is to be sought unto for them: hence Onkelos land Jonathan paraphrase it;

``wherefore dost thou seek them of me? shouldest thou not seek them of the Lord?''

who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
children, ( Psalms 127:3 ) ; not Jacob, but the Lord.

Génesis 30:2 In-Context

1 Cuando Raquel vio que no podía darle hijos a Jacob, tuvo celos de su hermana. Le rogaba a Jacob:
—¡Dame hijos o moriré!

2 Entonces Jacob se puso furioso con Raquel.
—¿Acaso yo soy Dios? —le dijo—. ¡Él es el que no te ha permitido tener hijos!

3 Entonces Raquel le dijo:
—Toma a mi sierva, Bilha, y duerme con ella. Ella dará a luz hijos por mí,
y a través de ella yo también podré tener una familia.

4 Entonces Raquel entregó a su sierva Bilha como esposa para Jacob, y él durmió con ella.

5 Bilha quedó embarazada y le dio a Jacob un hijo.