Genesis 30:17

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God answered Leah’s prayer. She became pregnant and gave birth to her fifth son for Jacob.

Cross References

Genesis 30:16

As Jacob was coming in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You are to sleep with me,” she said. “You are my reward for my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.

Genesis 30:18

Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar [Reward].

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. God answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.

Genesis 30:6

Rachel said, “Now God has judged in my favor. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan [He Judges].

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering.

Luke 1:13

The angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you will name him John.

1 Samuel 1:20

Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel [God Hears], because she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”