Genesis 29:31
“¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, hee opened her wombe: but Rachel was barren.”
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Genesis 29:31 Context
29And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmayd, to be her mayd. 30And hee went in also vnto Rachel, and he loued also Rachel more then Leah, and serued with him yet seuen other yeeres. 31¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, hee opened her wombe: but Rachel was barren. 32And Leah conceiued and bare a sonne, and shee called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely, the LORD hath looked vpon my affliction; now therefore my husband will loue me. 33And shee conceiued againe, and bare a sonne, and saide, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, hee hath therefore giuen mee this sonne also, and she called his name Simeon.
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Other Translations for Genesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
- King James Version
Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
- Basic English Bible
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Darby Bible
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
- World English Bible
And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is] the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel [is] barren;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 29:31
29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was hated - That is, loved less than Rachel, in which sense it is required that we hate father and mother, in comparison with Christ, #Luke 14:26|, then the Lord granted her a child, which was a rebuke to Jacob for making so great a difference between those he was equally related to; a check to Rachel, who, perhaps insulted over her sister upon that account; and a comfort to Leah, that she might not be overwhelmed with the contempt put upon her.