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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_saw Rāḩēl DOM_that not she_had_borne_children to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_envied Rāḩēl in/on/at/with_sister_her and_she/it_said to Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) come_now to/for_me children and_if not [am]_about_to_die I.
OET (OET-RV) Now Rahel realised that she wasn’t producing any children for Yacob, so she envied her sister Le’ah, and she demanded from Yacob, “Give me children, and if you don’t, I’ll die!”
וַתֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב
and=she/it_saw Rāḩēl that/for/because/then/when not she/it_gave_birth to,Jacob
Alternate translation: “Now when Rachel saw that she was not able to have any children for Jacob,”
וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ
and,envied Rāḩēl in/on/at/with,sister,her
Alternate translation: “she was envious of her sister Leah,”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל יַעֲקֹב֙
and=she/it_said to/near Yaakob
Use a quote margin here in your language that fits the context well. Alternate translation: “and she pleaded with Jacob,”
הָֽבָה לִּ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְאִם אַ֖יִן
come=now! to/for=me children and=if not
Alternate translation: “Help me get pregnant! Otherwise”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי
die I
Rachel is using hyperbole (exaggeration) to show how desperate and deeply ashamed she feels about not having children. You could include a footnote here in your translation that explains how in that culture it was considered very shameful for a woman to be barren (See: Gen 30:23). Alternate translation: “I have no reason to live!”
30:1-8 Rachel’s naming of sons through Bilhah does not reflect faith as Leah’s namings had. Rachel felt wronged over the marriage and her barrenness. The names of Bilhah’s sons reflect Rachel’s bitter struggle with her sister and her feeling of some victory.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_saw Rāḩēl DOM_that not she_had_borne_children to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_envied Rāḩēl in/on/at/with_sister_her and_she/it_said to Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) come_now to/for_me children and_if not [am]_about_to_die I.
OET (OET-RV) Now Rahel realised that she wasn’t producing any children for Yacob, so she envied her sister Le’ah, and she demanded from Yacob, “Give me children, and if you don’t, I’ll die!”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.