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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Label Occurrences
Genesis 30 canonical 4

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Statements (49)

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 Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
mentionsTribeAncestor Asher ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Gad ⓘ
Issachar ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Naphtali ⓘ
Zebulun ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Genesis 29 → precedes → Genesis 30 ⓘ
Genesis 31 → follows → Genesis 30 ⓘ