Kejadian 30:1-2

30:1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she ¹  became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children ²  or I’ll die!” 30:2 Jacob became furious ³  with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” ⁴ 

Kejadian 30:1

30:1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she ⁵  became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children ⁶  or I’ll die!”

1 Samuel 8:6

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ⁷  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

Lukas 15:12

15:12 The ⁸  younger of them said to his ⁹  father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate ¹⁰  that will belong ¹¹  to me.’ So ¹²  he divided his ¹³  assets between them. ¹⁴ 

[30:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Rachel.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:1]  ² tn Heb “sons.”

[30:2]  ³ tn Heb “and the anger of Jacob was hot.”

[30:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.”

[30:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Rachel.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “sons.”

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “when.”

[15:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[15:12]  ¹⁰ tn L&N 57.19 notes that in nonbiblical contexts in which the word οὐσία (ousia) occurs, it refers to considerable possessions or wealth, thus “estate.”

[15:12]  ¹¹ tn L&N 57.3, “to belong to or come to belong to, with the possible implication of by right or by inheritance.”

[15:12]  ¹² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the father’s response to the younger son’s request.

[15:12]  ¹³ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[15:12]  ¹⁴ sn He divided his assets between them. There was advice against doing this in the OT Apocrypha (Sir 33:20). The younger son would get half of what the older son received (Deut 21:17).