Genesis 29:31 KJV
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Matthew Henry
- Leah's sonsThe names Leah gave her children, expressed her respect and regard, both to God and to her husband. Reuben, or See a son, with this thought, Now will my...
Thompson Chains
- Divine CareSee the chain from Psalms 115:12 · 8 links
- Hatred (2)See the chain from Genesis 27:41 · 8 links
- ChildlessSee the chain from Genesis 11:30 · 7 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 21:15 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:
- Genesis 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Psalms 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 20:18–21:2 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. …
- Genesis 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 27:41 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.
- Genesis 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 30:1–2 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. …
- Exodus 3:7 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;
- Judges 13:2–3 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. …
- 1 Samuel 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:20 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 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- 1 Samuel 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
- Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
- Matthew 6:24 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.
- Matthew 10:37 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 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- Luke 14:26 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 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1836–1689 BC · Jacob
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- LeahWeary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen 29:23)....
- RachelEwe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And when the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- saw וַיַּרְא wayyarʾ רָאָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- that Leah כִּי kî Conjunction לֵאָה lēʾâ לֵאָה Proper name
- hated שְׂנוּאָה śĕnûʾâ שָׂנֵא Verb · qal passive participle, feminine singular
- he opened וַיִּפְתַּח wayyiptaḥ פָּתַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- her womb אֶת ʾet Object marker רַחְמָהּ raḥmāh רֶחֶם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- but Rachel וְרָחֵל wĕrāḥēl רָחֵל Proper name · with and
- barren עֲקָרָה ʿăqārâ עָקָר Adjective · feminine singular
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