“And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?”
Jacob became angry with her and said: am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children? Jacob's response is the right theology and the wrong pastoral delivery: he is correct that children come from God, not from him. But the anger in his reply to a desperate woman is not the compassion the moment requires. The application: being theologically right while being relationally harsh is a recurring failure of those who know the truth. Jacob's answer is correct; his tone is inadequate.
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