Quotes About Desire

But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

When Esau heard his fatherís words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your sonís mandrakes.”

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my sonís mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your sonís mandrakes.”

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my sonís mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

and after some time his masterís wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Then you told your servants, ëBring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.í

You shall not covet your neighborís house. You shall not covet your neighborís wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”