Genesis 29:31

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

Genesis 20:18

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

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 27:41

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 29:30

So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.

Genesis 29:32

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 30:22

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

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Psalm 127:3

Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings,

Malachi 1:3

but I have hated Esau; I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to 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 he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me and does not hate his own 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 loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Acts 7:8

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

Deuteronomy 21:15

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other disliked, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the disliked, and if the first-born son is hers that is disliked,

Ruth 4:13

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

and 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 child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me my petition which I made to him.

1 Samuel 1:5

and, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 2:21

And the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.