Genesis 29:34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
34 Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, since I have now borne him three sons”; that is why she named him Levi.[a]
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- 29:34 Levi: related to yillaweh, “he will become attached.”
Genesis 29:34
New International Version
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,(A) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[a](B)
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- Genesis 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.
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