Genesis 29:31

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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  • Deut 21:15 : 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 Yahweh 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 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to 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 devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both 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 isn't worthy of me.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
  • John 12:25 : 25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
  • Judg 13:2-3 : 2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear. 3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; 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 Yahweh had shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], "Because I have asked him of Yahweh."
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 20:18-21:2 : 18 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. 2 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 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. 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 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

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  • Gen 29:32-34
    3 verses
    83%

    32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

    33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

    34 She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

  • Gen 30:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

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

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

  • Gen 29:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

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

    17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

    18 Jacob loved Rachel. He 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. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

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

    3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

    4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

    30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other 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 hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

    19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

    20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Gen 31:33
    73%

    33 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 29:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

    25 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

  • Gen 31:14
    72%

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

  • Gen 30:7
    72%

    7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, 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 Yahweh had shut up her womb.

    6 Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

  • Gen 31:4
    71%

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

  • Gen 25:21-22
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    71%

    21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    22 The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.

  • Gen 30:12
    71%

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

  • Gen 29:10
    70%

    10 It happened, 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
    70%

    27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were 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, and brought 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 away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

  • Gen 29:20
    70%

    20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

  • Gen 35:23
    69%

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