Genesis 29:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Lord saw that Leah was despised, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. Common English Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to have children. Catholic Public Domain Version But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. |
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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;
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
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.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
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 that was hated;
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
but unto Hannah he gave a double portion: for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.
And the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.