Genesis 29:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.

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  • Deut 21:15 : 15 ¶ If 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:
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 ¶ And 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;
  • Mal 1:3 : 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 ‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 ‹He 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.›
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 ‹If 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 12:25 : 25 ‹He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.›
  • Judg 13:2-3 : 2 And 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. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 ¶ Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
  • Gen 20:18-21:2 : 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. 1 ¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 ¶ And 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.
  • Gen 29:30 : 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 ¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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  • Gen 29:32-34
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    32And 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.

    33And 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.

    34And 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.

  • Gen 30:22-23
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    22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

    23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

  • Gen 29:16-18
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    79%

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.

    17Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

  • Gen 30:1-5
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    1¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

    3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

    4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

    5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:29-30
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    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  • Gen 30:17-20
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    17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

    18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

    19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

    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.

  • Gen 30:9-10
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    9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

    10And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 29:24-25
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    24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.

    25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 30:7
    72%

    7And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

  • 1 Sam 1:5-6
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    5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

    6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • Gen 25:21-22
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    21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

  • Gen 30:12
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    12And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 29:10
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    10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 38:27
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    27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.

  • Gen 30:14-15
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    14¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

    15And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

  • Gen 29:20
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    20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.

  • Gen 35:23
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    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: