Chuàngshìjì 30:2

2 Yǎgè xiàng Lājié shēngqì , shuō , jiào nǐ bù shēngyù de shì shén , wǒ qǐnéng daìtì tā zuò zhǔ ne .

Chuàngshìjì 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.

Chuàngshìjì 30:2 In-Context

1 Lājié jiàn zìjǐ bù gĕi Yǎgè shēng zǐ , jiù jídù tā zǐ zǐ , duì Yǎgè shuō , nǐ gĕi wǒ háizi , bù rán wǒ jiù sǐ le .

2 Yǎgè xiàng Lājié shēngqì , shuō , jiào nǐ bù shēngyù de shì shén , wǒ qǐnéng daìtì tā zuò zhǔ ne .

3 Lājié shuō , yǒu wǒde shǐnǚ Bìlā zaì zhèlǐ , nǐ kĕyǐ yǔ tā tóngfáng , shǐ tā shēng zǐ zaì wǒ xī xià , wǒ biàn yīn tā yĕ de háizi ( yuánwén zuò beì jiànlì ) .

4 Lājié jiù bǎ tāde shǐnǚ Bìlā gĕi zhàngfu wèi qiè . Yǎgè biàn yǔ tā tóngfáng ,

5 Bìlā jiù huáiyùn , gĕi Yǎgè shēng le yī gè érzi .