KJV King James Version
And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
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Genesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren;
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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.
31 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.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
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1 Samuel 2:21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.Psalm 127:3Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.Deuteronomy 21:15If 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:Matthew 10:37He 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.Genesis 20:18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.1 Samuel 1:5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.Genesis 30:1-2And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.Judges 13:2-3And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.Exodus 3:7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.Malachi 1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
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