Genesis 29:31

New English Translation

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 27:41

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, “The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 29:30

Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

Genesis 29:32

So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

Genesis 35:23

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

Psalm 127:3

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Exodus 3:7

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

Malachi 1:3

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

Matthew 10:37

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever 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 he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Luke 1:7

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

John 12:25

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

Acts 7:8

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Deuteronomy 21:15

Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

Ruth 4:13

So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, “I asked the Lord for him.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:5

But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he especially loved her. Now the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

1 Samuel 2:21

So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary.