Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:17-22

17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob. 18Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.1

19Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.2

21After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages or reward. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor. ↩

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