Genesis 30

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Genesis 30 is a chapter in the Book of Genesis that recounts the intense rivalry between Rachel and Leah over bearing children for Jacob, the birth of several of Jacob’s sons, and the beginning of Jacob’s complex dealings with Laban over flocks and wealth.

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Genesis 30 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible
chapter of the Book of Genesis
containsEvent God remembers Rachel and opens her womb
Jacob negotiates new wages with Laban
Jacob’s increase in wealth through flocks
Jacob’s selective breeding of the flock
Leah gives her maid Zilpah to Jacob as a wife
Rachel and Leah’s rivalry over children
Rachel gives her maid Bilhah to Jacob as a wife
Rachel’s demand to Jacob for children
Rachel’s use of mandrakes to bargain with Leah
agreement on speckled and spotted livestock as Jacob’s wages
birth of Asher
birth of Dan
birth of Dinah
birth of Gad
birth of Issachar
birth of Joseph
birth of Naphtali
birth of Zebulun
featuresCharacter Bilhah
God
Jacob
Laban
Leah
Rachel
Zilpah
follows Genesis 29
languageOfOriginalText Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
mentionsTribeAncestor Asher
Dan
Gad
Issachar
Joseph
Naphtali
Zebulun
partOf Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Christian Old Testament
surface form: Old Testament

Five Books of Moses
surface form: Pentateuch

Torah
precedes Genesis 31
setIn Paddan-aram
theme God’s blessing and increase
divine providence
economic negotiation
family rivalry
fertility and barrenness
marital conflict

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Genesis 29 precedes Genesis 30