Genesis 30:2
And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Cross-reference
In Genesis 25:21, Isaac prays to God for barren Rebekah and is answered — showing the right response to the same divine withholding Jacob describes here.
In Genesis 50:19, Joseph uses this same phrase — 'Am I in the place of God?' — echoing his father Jacob's words to Rachel decades earlier.
In Genesis 11:30, Sarai's barrenness is noted, mirroring Rachel's own struggle with infertility.
Genesis 29:31 explicitly states God opened Leah's womb and kept Rachel barren, directly explaining the cause Jacob refers to here.
In Genesis 16:2, Sarai also faces barrenness and acts out of desperation — a parallel situation where childlessness strains the marriage as it does here.
In Genesis 20:18, God similarly controls fertility, here as a consequence for Abimelech's actions, echoing the theme of divine sovereignty over childbearing.
In Genesis 33:5, Jacob later acknowledges God's grace in giving children, reflecting the same theology from his earlier frustration.
In Genesis 48:9, Jacob references children given by God, echoing his acknowledgment of divine provision in childbearing.
In Deuteronomy 7:14, God promises no barrenness among His people, directly addressing Rachel's situation.
In 1 Samuel 2:5, Hannah's song celebrates God giving children to the barren, echoing Rachel's own eventual blessing from God.
In Psalm 113:9, God is praised for making barren women mothers, echoing Rachel's own experience.
In Ephesians 4:26, Paul instructs 'be angry and do not sin' — acknowledging anger's legitimacy while setting boundaries around what Jacob displays here.
In Ruth 4:13, God enables conception, contrasting with His withholding of children here, but both affirm divine control over fertility.
In 1 Samuel 1:5, the LORD closed Hannah's womb — the same divine sovereignty over barrenness Jacob asserts in his frustrated reply to Rachel.
Job 1:21 expresses the same theology of divine sovereignty over life events, including giving and taking, as Jacob acknowledges here.
In Matthew 5:22, Jesus warns that anger itself makes one liable to judgment — raising a question about even justified outbursts like Jacob's here.