Jacob's Children
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When the LORD z saw that Leah was unloved, He a opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely b looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me."
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Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.
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She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.
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And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name c Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
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Now when Rachel saw that a she bore Jacob no children, Rachel b envied her sister, and said to Jacob, "Give me children, c or else I die!"
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And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, d "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
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So she said, "Here is e my maid Bilhah; go in to her, f and she will bear a child on my knees, g that I also may have children by her."
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Then she gave him Bilhah her maid h as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
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Then Rachel said, "God has i judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
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And Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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Then Rachel said, "With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.
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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and j gave her to Jacob as wife.
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And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Then Leah said, "A troop comes!" So she called his name Gad.
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And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
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Then Leah said, "I am happy, for the daughters k will call me blessed." So she called his name Asher.
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Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, l "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
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But she said to her, m "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" And Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
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When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with her that night.
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And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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Leah said, "God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
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Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
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And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.
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Afterward she bore a n daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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Then God o remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and p opened her womb.
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And she conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away q my reproach."
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So she called his name Joseph, and said, r "The LORD shall add to me another son."
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Psalms 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
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Genesis 30:1
Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die!
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Genesis 16:11
And the Angel of the LORD said to her: Behold, ...
Genesis 31:42
"Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraha...
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said: "I have surely seen the oppr...
Exodus 4:31
So the people believed; and when they heard tha...
Deuteronomy 26:7
Then we cried out to the LORD God of our father...
Psalms 25:18
Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive ...
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Genesis 49:8
Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's children shall bow down before you.
Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
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Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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Genesis 37:11
And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
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1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the LORD had closed her womb.
1 Samuel 1:6
And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the LORD had closed her womb.
Job 5:2
For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
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Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the LORD had closed her womb.
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Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
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Genesis 50:23
Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees.
Job 3:12
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
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Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3
Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 16:3
Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 16:4
So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.
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Genesis 18:25
"Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Psalms 35:24
Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Psalms 43:1
Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
Lamentations 3:59
O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.
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Genesis 30:4
Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
Luke 1:48
For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
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Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom.
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Numbers 16:9
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them.
Numbers 16:13
Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?
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Genesis 34:1
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
1 Samuel 1:19
Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:20
So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD.
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Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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1 Samuel 1:6
And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the LORD had closed her womb.
Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach.
Luke 1:25
"Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."
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Genesis 35:16 - 18
Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
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