וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּרָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲתַ֤חַת אֱלֹהִים֙ אָנֹ֔כִי אֲשֶׁר־מָנַ֥ע מִמֵּ֖ךְ פְּרִי־בָֽטֶן׃
Y Jacob se enojaba contra Rachêl, y decía: ¿Soy yo en lugar de Dios, que te impidió el fruto de tu vientre?
On the Posterity of Cain and his Exile
[179] It was so that Rachel, having before addressed her request to Mind, as though offspring came through its operation, and having received the reply “Am I in the place of God?” (Gen. 30:2), gave heed to what was said, and learned its lesson, and made a recantation breathing true holiness, for Rachel’s recantation stands written in a prayer dear to God “Let God add to me another son” (Gen. 30:24), a prayer which none of those may make who in their folly pursue nothing whatever but their own pleasure, regarding all else as matter for loud laughter and ridicule.