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.
