Jacob's Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages, or hire
  2. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor
  3. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means May he add, and sounds like the Hebrew for taken away

He (A)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
(B)Praise the Lord!

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