KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 29:33
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
WEB World English Bible
She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon.
ASV American Standard Version
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, ‘Because Jehovah hath heard that I am the hated one, He also giveth to me even this one;’ and she calleth his name Simeon.
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
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.
35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
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וַתַּ֣הַרH2029 · ha.rahto conceiveעוֹד֮H5750 · odstillוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּן֒H1121 · benson: childוַתֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforשָׁמַ֤עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforשְׂנוּאָ֣הH8130 · sa.neto hateאָנֹ֔כִיH595 · a.no.khiIוַיִּתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִ֖יH9030 · nimeגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]זֶ֑הH2088 · zehthisוַתִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameשִׁמְעֽוֹן׃H8095 · shim.onSimeon
Cross-references
Genesis 34:25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Genesis 30:20And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.Genesis 42:24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.Genesis 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:Genesis 30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.Genesis 49:5-6Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.Genesis 30:6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
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