Bible Encyclopedia: Envy: Leah, of Rachel

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Chapter xxx
... For, surely, it would seem quite unreasonable to suppose that Rachel never
experienced a trace of envy until Leah had borne four sons. ...
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The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity.
... And had not Leah my mother given up the two ... Therefore the Lord hearkened to Rachel
because of the mandrakes ... No envy can enter into his thoughts, no jealousy ...
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Chapter xxxvii
... to say that "mother" must here refer to Leah, who had ... or by synecdoche to Jacob and
his family in whom Rachel lived ... To the hatred of v.8 jealousy or envy is now ...
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Letter xxxiv (Circa AD 1130) Hildebert, Archbishop of Tours, to ...
... What pleasant nights you spend with your Rachel; how abundant an offspring is born
to you of Leah; how you ... Its renown is not diminished by envy, nor increased ...
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Faustus States his Objections to the Morality of the Law and the ...
... nakedness, he hid himself in a corner of Paradise; that envy made him ... his son Jacob,
husband of four wives"two full sisters, Rachel and Leah, and their ...
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Subject Index
... the treachery of Judas not a type of, [823]388. Envy, [824]67. ... Jacob, [1295]12,
[1296]13. Jacob, Leah and Rachel figures of the Church, [1297]266. ...
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Against Jovinianus.
... I given you all." He then flies off to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, of whom the first
had three wives, the second one, the third four, Leah, Rachel, Billah, and ...
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Here Beginneth the History of Joseph and his Brethren
... His brethren had great envy hereat. ... These were sons of Leah that Jacob gat in
Mesopotamia, and Dinah his daughter. ... The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. ...
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The Second Oration on Easter.
... XXI. If you are a Rachel or a Leah, a patriarchal and great ... We were deceived because
we were the objects of envy. We were cast out because we transgressed. ...
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4. <. ...
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Nave's Topical Index

Genesis 30:15
And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you to night for your son's mandrakes.
Nave's Topical Index

Subtopics

Envy

Envy: A Proof of Carnal-Mindedness

Envy: A Work of the Flesh

Envy: Excited by Good Deeds of Others

Envy: Forbidden

Envy: General Scriptures Concerning