Genesis 29:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.”
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“When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah seeth that Leah <FI>is<Fi> the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel <FI>is<Fi> barren;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 29:31 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
- Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Genesis 20:18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
- 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.”
- 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 30:1When 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.
- Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- 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.
- 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,
- Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
- 1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
- 1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- 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.
- Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- 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;
- Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- 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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