World English Bible
Genesis 29:31
“Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.”
Verse in context — Genesis 29
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Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.
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He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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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.
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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.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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