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Genesis 30:17-24
English Standard Version
Genesis 30:17-24
English Standard Version
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.[a]
19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name (A)Zebulun.[b] 21 Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.
22 Then God (B)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (C)opened her womb. 23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away (D)my reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph,[c] saying, (E)“May the Lord add to me another son!”
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- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages, or hire
- Genesis 30:20 Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor
- Genesis 30:24 Joseph means May he add, and sounds like the Hebrew for taken away
Genesis 30:17-24
New International Version
Genesis 30:17-24
New International Version
17 God listened to Leah,(A) and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(B) So she named him Issachar.[a](C)
19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,(D) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[b](E)
21 Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.(F)
22 Then God remembered Rachel;(G) he listened to her(H) and enabled her to conceive.(I) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(J) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(K) 24 She named him Joseph,[c](L) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(M)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
- Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
- Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.
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