Genesis 30 vs. 1 – And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Genesis 35 vs. 19 – And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which isBethlehem.
- There is power in your tongue
- You can make or mar your life with the words you say.
- In the first passage, Rachel ignorantly put a curse on herself.
- She eventually had a child, but when she was about to have the second born she died in the process.
- Rachel should had simply said “Give me children” and refrain from putting her life on the line
