Genesis 29:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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  • Deut 21:15 : 15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated,
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 God remembered Rachel, listened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because 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 jackals of the wilderness.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 They had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • John 12:25 : 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  • 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 had no children. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 So it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore 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 has granted me my petition which I asked of him:
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 20:18-21:2 : 18 For the LORD had 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 to Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.
  • Gen 29:30 : 30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

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  • Gen 29:32-34
    3 verses
    83%

    32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me.

    33 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon.

    34 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.

  • Gen 30:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    22 God remembered Rachel, listened to her, and opened her womb.

    23 She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

  • Gen 29:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

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

    17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

    18 And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

  • Gen 30:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."

    2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

    3 She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."

    4 She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her.

    5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid as her maid.

    30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years.

  • Gen 30:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

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

    18 Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I have given my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

    19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

    20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me because I have born him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

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

    10 Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 31:33
    73%

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

  • Gen 29:24-25
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    72%

    24 And Laban gave his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid as a handmaid.

    25 And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

  • Gen 31:14
    72%

    14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 30:7
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.

    6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb.

  • Gen 31:4
    71%

    4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 25:21-22
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    71%

    21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it is so, why am I this way? So she went to inquire of the LORD.

  • Gen 30:12
    71%

    12 Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 29:10
    70%

    10 And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, 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
    70%

    27 When the time came for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 30:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, bringing them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

    15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take away my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

  • Gen 29:20
    70%

    20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days, because of the love he had for her.

  • Gen 35:23
    69%

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