Genesis 30:17
God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.
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- Gen 30:6 : 6 Then Rachel said,“God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.
- Gen 30:22 : 22 Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
- Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”
- 1 Sam 1:26-27 : 26 She said,“My lord. Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the LORD. 27 For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.
- Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
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- Gen 30:18-258 verses88%
18 Then Leah said,“God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.
20 Then Leah said,“God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
21 After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”
24 She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”
25 The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
- Gen 30:2-54 verses81%
2 Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
3 She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”
4 So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
5 Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
- Gen 30:9-168 verses81%
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.
11 Leah said,“How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.
13 Leah said,“How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.
14 At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah,“Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But Leah replied,“Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“All right,” Rachel said,“he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.
- Gen 29:31-355 verses78%
31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.
35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
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7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.
- Gen 29:23-253 verses74%
23 In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)
25 In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”
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23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.
- Gen 29:16-172 verses72%
16 (Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
17 Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)
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4 So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.