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Genesis 29:31

LeahRachel
God's loveLonelinessGriefMercy and compassion

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

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BSB
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
KJV
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
WEB
The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
ASV
And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
DARBY
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
BLB
And YHWH saw that Leah [was] hated, and He opened her womb, and Rachel [was] barren.
ÅB
Da Herren så at Lea ble tilsidesatt, åpnet han hennes morsliv; men Rakel var barnløs.
OTB
Da Herren så at Lea var uelsket, gjorde han henne i stand til å bli gravid, men Rakel forble barnløs.
B1930
Da Herren så at Lea blev tilsidesatt, åpnet han hennes morsliv; men Rakel var barnløs.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 2:21

    And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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  • Psalms 127:3

    Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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  • Genesis 20:18–21:2

    For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:15

    If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

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  • Genesis 30:1–2

    And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:5

    But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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  • Genesis 29:30

    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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