Genesis 29:31

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But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren and had no children.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.

Genesis 27:41

Therefore, Esau always hated Jacob, for the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And he said in his heart, "The days will arrive for the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 29:30

And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years.

Genesis 29:32

Having conceived, she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, saying: "The Lord saw my humiliation; now my husband will love me."

Genesis 30:22

The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Psalm 127:3

Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.

Exodus 3:7

And the Lord said to him: "I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of the harshness of those who are over the works.

Malachi 1:3

but held hatred for Esau? And I have set his mountains in solitude, and his inheritance with the serpents of the desert.

Matthew 10:37

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 6:24

No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke 1:7

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced 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, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.

John 12:25

it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.

Acts 7:8

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,

Ruth 4:13

And so Boaz took Ruth, and received her as his wife, and he went in to her, and the Lord granted to her to conceive and bear a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:5

But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 2:21

Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.