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Genesis 29

Gen. 29:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that Leah
Le'ah (Hebrew #3812)
weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Leah.
Pronounce: lay-aw'
Origin: from 3811
was hated
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
, heh opened
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
her womb
rechem (Hebrew #7358)
the womb (compare 7356)
KJV usage: matrix, womb.
Pronounce: rekh'-em
Origin: from 7355
: but Rachel
Rachel (Hebrew #7354)
Rachel, a wife of Jacob
KJV usage: Rachel.
Pronounce: raw-khale'
Origin: the same as 7353
was barren
`aqar (Hebrew #6135)
sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
KJV usage: (X male or female) barren (woman).
Pronounce: aw-kawr'
Origin: from 6131
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Psa. 127:3• 3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward. (Psa. 127:3)
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Gen. 30:1• 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. (Gen. 30:1)

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Ex. 3:7• 7And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. (Ex. 3:7)
was hated.
Gen. 29:30• 30And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years. (Gen. 29:30)
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Gen. 27:41• 41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:41)
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Deut. 21:15• 15If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated; (Deut. 21:15)
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Mal. 1:3• 3and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness. (Mal. 1:3)
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Matt. 6:24• 24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24)
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Matt. 10:37• 37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37)
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Luke 14:26• 26If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple; (Luke 14:26)
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John 12:25• 25He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal. (John 12:25)
he opened.
Gen. 16:1• 1And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar. (Gen. 16:1)
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Gen. 20:18• 18For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife. (Gen. 20:18)
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Gen. 21:1‑2• 1And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
 2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. (Gen. 21:1‑2)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Gen. 30:1‑2,22• 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
 22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. (Gen. 30:1‑2,22)
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Judg. 13:2‑3• 2And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
 3And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son. (Judg. 13:2‑3)
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1 Sam. 1:5,20,27• 5but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
 20And it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
 27For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him. (1 Sam. 1:5,20,27)
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1 Sam. 2:21• 21So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah. (1 Sam. 2:21)
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Psa. 127:3• 3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward. (Psa. 127:3)
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Luke 1:7• 7And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years. (Luke 1:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.