Genesis 29:31

Modern English Version

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children, and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 25:21

Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 27:41

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed 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 29:30

So Jacob also had relations with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah and served Laban another seven years.

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Surely the Lord has looked upon my affliction. Now therefore my husband will love me.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a desolation and left his inheritance for the jackals of the desert.

Matthew 10:37

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well 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, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

John 12:25

He who loves his life will lose it. And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Acts 7:8

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man has two wives, one beloved and another unloved, and both have borne him children, both the loved one and the unloved one, and if the firstborn son is hers that is unloved,

Ruth 4:13

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27

For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

1 Samuel 1:5

But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 2:21

The Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.