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Genesis 29:31-33

31And when Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200that Leahלֵאָ֔הle.'AhH3812washatedשְׂנוּאָ֣הse.nu.'AhH8130,he openedוַיִּפְתַּ֖חvai.yif.TachH6605her wombרַחְמָ֑הּrach.MahH7358:but Rachelוְרָחֵ֖לve.ra.ChelH7354wasbarrenעֲקָרָֽה׃'a.ka.RahH6135.

32And Leahלֵאָה֙le.'AhH3812conceivedוַתַּ֤הַרva.Ta.harH2029,and bareוַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledH3205a sonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121,and she calledוַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Reubenרְאוּבֵ֑ןre.'u.VenH7205:forכִּ֣יkiH3588she saidאָֽמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559,Surelyכִּֽי־ki-H3588Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath lookedרָאָ֤הra.'AhH7200upon my afflictionבְּעָנְיִ֔יbe.'on.yiH6040;now thereforeכִּ֥יkiH3588my husbandאִישִֽׁי׃'i.ShiH376will loveיֶאֱהָבַ֥נִיye.'e.ha.Va.niH157me.

33And she conceivedוַתַּ֣הַרva.Ta.harH2029again, and bareוַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledH3205a sonבֵּן֒benH1121;and saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559,because Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath heardשָׁמַ֤עsha.Ma'H8085that I washatedשְׂנוּאָ֣הse.nu.'AhH8130,he hath therefore givenוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414me this sonalso: and she calledוַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Simeonשִׁמְעֽוֹן׃shim.'onH8095.

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