Genesis 29:31

Genesis 29:31
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

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Genesis 29:32
And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.

Genesis 29:33
Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.

Genesis 29:34
And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

Genesis 29:35
And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.

Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

Genesis 29:23
And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

Genesis 30:17
And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

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Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

Deuteronomy 21:16
Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:

Deuteronomy 21:17
But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

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Genesis 29:30
Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Luke 14:26
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

Malachi 1:2
You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

Malachi 1:3
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

John 12:25
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Matthew 6:24
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

Matthew 10:37
He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.

Proverbs 13:24
He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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Genesis 30:1
Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Genesis 30:2
But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

Genesis 30:22
Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

Genesis 21:1
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

Genesis 21:2
And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

Genesis 25:21
Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Judges 13:2
Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

1 Samuel 1:2
And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.

Psalms 113:9
He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:20
Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

1 Samuel 1:27
My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

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Psalms 127:3
See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

Genesis 30:23
And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

Genesis 30:24
And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

Luke 1:7
And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.

Job 3:10
Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

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