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31 The Children of Jacob.[a] Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was being overlooked, opened her womb while Rachel remained barren.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:31 Jacob had many sons, but Israelite tradition counts only twelve of them, including the last born, Benjamin (Gen 35:18), and regards them as the ancestors of the twelve tribes that make up the chosen people.

Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(A) he enabled her to conceive,(B) but Rachel remained childless.

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