Genesis 29:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.

Cross References

Genesis 16:1

Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Genesis 25:21

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the LORD to let her have a child, and the LORD answered his prayer.

Genesis 27:41

Esau hated his brother Jacob because he had stolen the blessing that was supposed to be his. So he said to himself, “Just as soon as my father dies, I'll kill Jacob.”

Genesis 29:32

Leah gave birth to a son and named him Reuben, because she said, “The LORD has taken away my sorrow. Now my husband will love me more than he does Rachel.”

Genesis 30:22

Finally, God remembered Rachel—he answered her prayer by giving her a son. “God has taken away my disgrace,” she said.

Genesis 35:23

Jacob had twelve sons while living in northern Syria. His firstborn Reuben was the son of Leah, who later gave birth to Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah's servant Zilpah had two sons: Gad and Asher. Jacob and his wife Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel's servant woman Bilhah had two more sons: Dan and Naphtali.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the LORD.

Exodus 3:7

The LORD said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being ill-treated. I feel sorry for them,

Malachi 1:3

instead of Esau. And I turned Esau's hill country into a barren desert where jackals roam.

Matthew 10:37

If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

Matthew 6:24

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 1:7

But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

John 12:25

If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.

Acts 7:8

God said to Abraham, “Every son in each family must be circumcised to show that you have kept your agreement with me.” So when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. Later, Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons.

Deuteronomy 21:15

Suppose a man has two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's firstborn son, even if the boy's mother is the wife the man doesn't love. Later, when the man is near death and is dividing up his property, he must give a double share to his firstborn son, simply because he was the first to be born.

Ruth 4:13

Boaz married Ruth, and the LORD blessed her with a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the LORD for him.

1 Samuel 1:27

to give me a child. Here he is! The LORD gave me just what I asked for.

1 Samuel 1:5

But he gave Hannah even more, because he loved Hannah very much, even though the LORD had kept her from having children of her own.

1 Samuel 2:21

The LORD was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the LORD's house in Shiloh.