Genesis 30:17

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God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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  • Gen 30:6 : 6 Then Rachel said, 'God has judged in my favor; He has listened to my plea and given me a son.' So she named him Dan.
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'
  • 1 Sam 1:26-27 : 26 She said, 'Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

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  • Gen 30:18-25
    8 verses
    88%

    18Then Leah said, 'God has rewarded me because I gave my servant to my husband.' So she named him Issachar.

    19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

    20Then Leah said, 'God has endowed me with a wonderful gift. This time my husband will honor me because I have borne him six sons.' So she named him Zebulun.

    21After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

    22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.

    23She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'

    24She named him Joseph and said, 'May the LORD add another son to me.'

    25After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, 'Send me on my way so I can go back to my homeland.'

  • Gen 30:2-5
    4 verses
    81%

    2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'

    3Then she said, 'Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me, and through her, I too can build a family.'

    4So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:9-16
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    81%

    9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

    10And Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

    11Then Leah said, 'What good fortune!' So she named him Gad.

    12Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

    13Then Leah said, 'How happy I am! The women will call me blessed.' So she named him Asher.

    14During the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, 'Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.'

    15But Leah said to her, 'Isn’t it enough that you took my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?' Rachel said, 'Very well, he can sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.'

    16When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, 'You must come to me tonight, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.' So he slept with her that night.

  • Gen 29:31-35
    5 verses
    78%

    31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.

    32Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, 'Because the LORD has seen my misery, surely now my husband will love me.'

    33She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one too.' So she named him Simeon.

    34She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi.

    35She conceived yet again and gave birth to a son and said, 'This time I will praise the LORD.' Therefore, she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • Gen 30:7
    77%

    7Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 29:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23But that evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob was with her.

    24Laban also gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

    25In the morning, Jacob saw it was Leah. So he said to Laban, 'What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?'

  • Gen 35:23
    74%

    23The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Gen 46:18
    73%

    18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She bore these to Jacob—sixteen in all.

  • Gen 29:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17Leah had tender eyes, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

  • Gen 31:4
    72%

    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.