Genesis 29:31

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

LSV

And YHWH sees that Leah [is] the hated one, and He opens her womb, and Rachel [is] barren;

YLT

And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is] the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel [is] barren;

DBY

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

DRC

And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

GNV

When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.

JPS

And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

LXXE

And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּ֤רְא יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָ֣ה לֵאָ֔ה וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח אֶת־רַחְמָ֑הּ וְרָחֵ֖ל עֲקָרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδὼν δὲ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐμισεῖτο Λεία, ἤνοιξε τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς· Ῥαχὴλ δὲ ἦν στεῖρα.

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• 1 Samuel 2:21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
• Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
• 1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
• Genesis 30:1–2When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has…
• Genesis 20:18–21:2for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
• Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
• Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
• Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
• Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
• Judges 13:2–3Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children. The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and…
• Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
• Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
• Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
• Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
• John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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