Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 30/0

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 30

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Rachel’s Difficulty Conceiving The story of Rachel’s struggle to conceive is parallel to many stories of infertility in Tanakh

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  • See Makbilot Bamikra for  a list and links to the various stories in Tanakh about barren women..  

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  • See Barren Women for an exploration of why many of the mothers of great figures in Tanakh struggled with infertility.

Divine Promises of Children

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  • Makbilot BaMiIkra demonstrates that there are several instances in Tanakh in which Hashem promises a child to a childless parent:  the stories of the births of Yitzchak, Yaakov and Esav, Shimshon, Shemuel, and the child of the Shunamite woman.

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