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Genesis 30:1

Genesis 30:1

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when Rachel:

Rachel envied: Envy and jealousy are most tormenting passions to the breast which harbours them, vexatious to all around, and introductory to much impatience and ungodliness. "Who is able to stand before envy?" ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,

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