| Genesis 30:2
| And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
| Angry at the rash and apparently blasphemous demand of Rachel. (Menochius) --- As God, pro Deo. Am I to work a miracle in opposition to God, who has made thee barren? To him thou oughtest to address thyself. The Hebrews justly observe, that God has reserved to himself the four keys of nature: 1. Of generation; 2. Of sustenance, Psalm 144:16; 3. Of rain, Deuteronomy 28:12; And, 4. Of the grave or resurrection, Ezechiel 37:12. (Tirinus)
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